Opera

Past Performances

2010

December
Handel, Messiah - Derby Cathedral Choir (Conductor Peter Gould)

November
Stravinsky, Les Noces - Birmingham Opera Company (Conductor Jonathan Laird, Director Graham Vick)

October
Guest Singer, CBLC 5th Annual Awards Ceremony - ICC Birmingham
Guest Singer, Edgbaston Constituency Black History Month Showcase - Birmingham

June
Leporello, Mozart, Don Giovanni - Longborough Festival Opera (Conductor Gianluca Marciano, Director Jenny Miller)

April
Mozart, Requiem, Nottingham Trent University Choir - Albert Hall Nottingham (Conductor Matthew Hopkins)
Conte di Luna, Verdi, Il Travatore
Malatesta, Donizetti, Don Pasquale
David Syrus Masterclass for Swansea City Opera - Brecon Theatre

March
Stanford, Requiem, Birmingham Choral Union - Adrian Boult Hall (Conductor Colin Baines)

 

2009

December
Montano/The Herald, (Iago - cover), Verdi, Otello - Birmingham Opera Company
(Conductor Stephen Barlow, Director Graham Vick)

July
Buxton Festival Opera
Gazella, Donizetti and Lucrezia Borgia, Scenes (Musical Director Fiona MacSherry)
Carrasco (cover), Mendelssohn Camacho's Wedding, (Conductor Andrew Greenwood, Director Michael Barry)
Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia (Conductor Andrew Greenwood, Director Stephen Medcalf)
Massager Veronique, (Conductor Wyn Davies, Director Giles Havergal)
Mendelssohn Camacho's Wedding (Conductor Andrew Greenwood, Director Michael Barry)

June
Byron Jackson and Friends Concert - St Mary's Church, Moseley, Birmingham

May
Rossini, Petite Messe Solonelle - Walsall Choral Society (Conductor Toby Barnard)

March
Bizet, Carmen, Raymond Gubbay Production - Royal Albert Hall (Conductor Peter Robinson, Director David Freeman)

 

2008

December
Guest soloist - Canoldir Male Voice Choir concert - Birmingham

October
Guest soloist - Dudley Library Black History Event

August
Second Trojan, Mozart, Idomeneo - Birmingham Opera Company (Conductor William Lacey, Director Graham Vick)

July
Giove, Cavalli, La Calisto, Theatre 16-25 - Wightwick Manor, Staffordshire (Conductor Ben Kennedy)

May-June
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, - Opera de Lyon, France (Conductor William Eddins, Director Dominique Hervieu)

March
Christus, Bach, St John Passion, OSJ Singers and Orchestra - Dorchester Abbey, Oxon (Conductor John Lubbock)
Guest soloist - Charity gala concert, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

 

2007

December
Handel, Messiah - Hampton Singers, (Conductor John Bayley)

August
Orff, Carmina Burana - Oxford Town Hall (Conductor John Lubbock)
Byron Jackson in Concert, St Mary's Church, Monmouth, Wales - Monmouth Festival

May
Verdi, Requiem - Walsall Choral Society with Junction 10 Orchestra (Conductor Beverley Wragg)
Mozart, Requiem - Oxford and Bonn Choral Union (Conductor Lev Parikian)

April
Rangwan, Delius, Koanga - Pegasus Opera Company, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
(Conductor Martin André, Director Helena Kaut-Howson)

January
Guest Soloist - Concordia Foundation Concert, Teatro Dei Rozzi, Tuscany, Italy

 

2006

December
Handel Messiah, Walsall Choral Society, (Conductor Peter Morris)

October
Dominique Le Gendre, Bird of Night - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Conductor Yuval Zorn, Director Irina Brown)

June-August
Baron Scarpia, Puccini, Tosca
Leporello, Mozart, Don Giovanni
Steward, Jonathan Dove, The Flight
Don Alfonso, Mozart, Cosi Fan Tutte
Superintendent Bud, Britten Albert Herring
Operaanywhere scenes, Oxfordshire tour (Musical Director Lyndall Dawson)

March/April
Father, Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel - Operamus, tour of West Midlands (Conductor Richard Laing)

 

2005

December
Handel, Messiah, Kenilworth Choral Society (Conductor Ronald Binnie)

November
Bach, Missa Brevis in G
Mozart, Vesperae Solennes
Wolverhampton Chamber Choir (Conductor Geoffrey Weaver)

October
Preacher & Solo Baritone, Bernstein, Mass - Oxford Town Hall (Conductor John Lubbock, Director Cecilia MacFarlane)

July
Adonis, Blow, Venus and Adonis, - Wolverhampton Youth Theatre, Staffordshire - Lichfield Arts Festival
Giove, Cavalli, La Calisto - Theatre 16-25, Middleton Hall, Staffordshire (Conductor Ben Kennedy)

July/October
Haydn, Nelson Mass, Hampton Singers (Conductor John Bayley)

April
Stainer, Crucifixion - St John's Singers, Shirley, West Midlands (Conductor Kevin Gill)

March
Dee, Robin Grant, Dee - Birmingham Conservatoire (Conductor Andrew Greenwood, Director Michael Barry)
Peter/Pilate, Bach, St John Passion, OSJ Singers and Orchestra - Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire (Conductor John Lubbock)

 

2004

December
Handel, Messiah - Kenilworth Choral Society (Conductor Ronald Binnie)

November
Sullivan Mikado - Operamus (Conductor Richard Laing)

June/July
Puccini Gianni Schicci - Operaanywhere Oxfordshire tour (Musical Director Peter Cowdrey)

May
Guest soloist - Canoldir Male Voice Choir Concert - Birmingham

March
Sylvano, Cavalli, La Calisto - Birmingham Conservatoire (Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore, Director Michael Moxham)

 

2003

December
Superintendent Bud, Britten, Albert Herring - Birmingham Conservatoire (Musical Director Jane Robinson)

July
Adonis, Blow, Venus and Adonis - Wolverhampton Youth Theatre, Staffordshire - Lichfield Arts Festival

 

 

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