OPERA AND VOCAL

'I have seldom seen singers and players enjoying themselves quite as much as in this performance and Julian Perkins' clear direction must have been a delight to follow.'  
- Early Music Review              


Working as a conductor, assistant conductor, repetiteur or vocal coach, Julian Perkins is much in demand for opera and vocal works.

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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