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Paul Agnew (born 11 April 1964 in Glasgow) [1] is a Scottish operatic tenor and conductor. [2] Biography. Agnew read music as a Choral Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Oct 14, 2022 · The Scottish tenor, Paul Agnew, read music as a Choral Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford. After earning his degree, he became associated with the Consort of Musicke, and remained a member of this wonderful early music ensemble for many productive years.
An artist of international renown and an accomplished teacher, British tenor and conductor Paul Agnew has made his mark on all the main international stages as a specialist in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and as the performer of choice for the high-tenor roles of the French Baroque.
Paul Agnew is in continuous demand as an outstanding interpreter of the baroque and classical repertoire. His long association with the world’s leading conductors in the field of early music includes a discography of over one hundred recordings.
Paul Agnew. About. At the forefront of the revival of the French baroque repertoire, Paul Agnew made his debut in the title-role in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie at the Palais Garnier conducted by William Christie. He has since returned to Opéra National de Paris for Rameau's Platée, Les Boréades and Les Indes galantes.
An artist of international renown and an accomplished teacher, British tenor and conductor Paul Agnew has made his mark on all the main international stages as a specialist in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and as the performer of choice for the high-tenor roles of the French Baroque.
Biography. An artist of international renown and an accomplished teacher, Paul Agnew, who was born in Glasgow, received his earliest musical education with Birmingham Cathedral Choir.
But, if Les Arts Florissants’ ‘re-construction’ of Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘Great Venetian Mass’, recently released on the harmonia mundi label, requires some imaginative leaps then there is no doubting the critical insight with which the ensemble’s long-time tenor and now co-director, Paul Agnew, has tackled the challenges, nor the ...
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew. Here, the singers zone in on Gesualdo’s final two anthologies (perhaps the rawest of all) with their usual crystalline clarity. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, More… Release Date: 10th Mar 2023. Catalogue No: HAF890531112. Label: Harmonia Mundi.
In 2011, Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants launched into the interpretation of one of the founding moments of Western music: the eight Books of Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigals.
