Tim Mead
Tim Mead was choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge where he read music and
studied singing with Charles Brett. He went on to win a number of scholarships to the
Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with Robin Blaze.
Recent engagements include title role Giulio Cesare for Glyndebourne Festival
Opera, title role Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice c. Marcus Creed with the Akademie für
Alte Musik in Hamburg, title role Siroe for Oper der Zeit c. Andreas Spering in
Austria, David Saul for Opera North in concert, Israel in Egypt c. Anthony Bramell in
Karlsruhe, Orfeo for ENO, Ottone Il Coronazione di Poppea for the Opéra de Lyon c.
William Christie, Trasimede Admeto for Opernhaus Halle c. Howard Arman, Athamas
Semele for BYO, Biber’s Missa Bruxellensis in the Proms with the Acadaemy of
Ancient Music c. Paul Goodwin, Messiah with the Manchester Camerata c. Nicholas
Kraemer, Melo Sosarme, re di Media and title role Ezio London Handel Festival,
concert performances of Idelberto Lotario c. Paul Goodwin with the Basel
Kammerorchester, Farnace Mitridate with the Classical Opera Company in St. John’s
Smith Square, Bach St. John Passion with the Hanover Band, St. Matthew Passion
with the Britten Sinfonia, and Occasional Oratorio with The King’s Consort at QEH
Recordings include: alto solos in Scarlatti choral works, and Purcell Odes, both for
EMI.
Current season/future plans: Orfeo for the Handel and Haydn Society, USA, Ometh
Golem for the Angers-Nantes Opéra, Das Weihnachtsoratorium with William Christie
and Les Arts Florissants, revival of Trasimede Admeto for Opernhaus Halle, Oronte
Riccardo Primo for the Basel Kammerorchester, the première of a new work by Sir
Harrison Birtwistle at the Royal Opera House, title role Orlando for Chicago Opera
Theatre, Solomon for the Lufthansa Baroque Festival c. Ivor Bolton, Ottone The
Coronation of Poppea for English National Opera (also for the Handel and Haydn
Society), Paggio and Ombra di Bussiride Ercole amante for De Nederlandse Opera c.
Ivor Bolton, Johannes Gebel's Johannes Passion for the Zatertagmatinee, Bach
Magnificat and Dixit Dominus with Emmannuelle Haim and Le Concert d’Astrée.