ENO Chorus: Robert Winslade Anderson

Robert Winslade Anderson

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Robert Winslade Anderson was born in Jamaica and studied accountancy before accepting an ABRSM scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music.

Previously for ENO: Second Priest/Second Armed Man The Magic Flute, First Nazarene Salome, John Shears Paul Bunyan, Ramfis Aida, Old man/Phoebus The Day After, Gaoler Tosca, Marquis of Calatrava The Force of Destiny, Colline La bohème, Second Grail Knight Parsifal.

Career Highlights

Notable engagements elsewhere: Philip II/Monk Don Carlos, Don Fernando Fidelio (Opera North); Clarence American Lulu (Bregenz Festival); Ramfis (Raymond Gubbay Productions); Shaklovity Khovanchina, Time/Antinous The Return of Ulysses, Lodovico Otello (Birmingham Opera Company); Death The Emperor of Atlantis (ETO); Masetto (Opera Holland Park); Mordec The Knight Crew (Glyndebourne); Basilio in Marcus Portugal’s Le nozze di Figaro, Mastriccio Le Pescatrici (Bampton Classical Opera), First Streltsy Khovanshchina, Captain Petrovich Eugene Onegin (WNO); Sarastro (conducted by Sir Colin Davis), Buonafede Il mondo della luna, Lunardo School for Fathers (Royal Academy Opera).

Concert highlights: Verdi Requiem (RAH), Mozart Requiem (with Sir Roger Norrington), Porgy and Bess (Germany) and appearances with the Hallé (Bridgewater Hall) and the John Wilson Orchestra at the BBC Proms.

Forthcoming: Jake Porgy and Bess, Flemish Deputy Don Carlos (Grange Park Opera).

Last updated: 4th November 2019