As director of The British Camerata,
Julian has conducted performances of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux Enfers,
Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Alcina, Aminta e Fillide and Apollo e Dafne, and the first
modern UK production of A. Scarlatti’s La Giuditta. He has also
conducted Arne’s Artaxerxes for
New Chamber Opera, and a Baroque-inspired play for New Kent Opera.
He has worked as assistant conductor and repetiteur for organizations
including the Birmingham Opera Company, British Youth Opera, Buxton
Festival, Dartington International Music Festival, Early Opera Company,
English Touring Opera, Handel Halle Festival, Independent Opera, Opera
Atélier, Opera Restor’d, London Handel Festival, and Transition
Opera, with leading conductors and directors including Harry
Christophers, James Conway, Christopher Cowell, Laurence Cummings,
Christian Curnyn, Trevor Pinnock CBE and Graham Vick.
In addition, Julian has performed as a continuo player in opera
productions of Handel’s Ariodante,
Atalanta, Flavio, Orlando, Poro, Samson, Semele and Tolomeo, and in concert versions of
Theodora and La Resurrezione (and, of course, Messiah). Other productions on
which he has assisted include Cavalli’s La Calisto and Erismena, Handel’s Hercules and Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno,
Haydn’s The Apothecary,
Lully’s Armide, Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Book III of madrigals,
Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona
and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
He is also an official accompanist for the annual London Handel Singing
Competition.
When time permits, Julian Perkins sings baritone. He has performed with
a number of consorts and choirs including the Monteverdi Choir, the
English Concert and the BBC Singers, and has also sung solo and
recorded with the Parley of Instruments.
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