Ian Caddy

Bass-Baritone

Ian Caddy Bass-Baritone


Ian Caddy studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Henry Cummings, and subsequently with Otakar Kraus. 

He stepped in at short notice to replace Stephen Roberts in the April 2007 performance of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with Aberdeen Bach Choir.

He has appeared in a wide variety of operas and concerts with all the major British opera companies and orchestras, as well as amassing an impressive list of engagements around the world: with opera houses, festivals, orchestras and ensembles, Radio and TV.

Engagements in 2005 included four concerts as guest-conductor of amateur chamber choirs in England and France:  music by Zieleňski, Charpentier, Purcell, Mondonville, Mozart, Duruflé and Ben Newton.

 

 

During the current season Ian is singing concerts across England, with some performances of note:  a series of Messiahs in Dublin’s National Concert Hall, Elijah in London’s Cadogan Hall, and a return to Austria for the Gasen Opera Recital.  This season sees Ian Caddy on stage as much as on the concert platform:  in a special production of Ages Ago, an operetta by W. S. Gilbert and Frederick Clay; and he returns to Opera Holland Park in The Merry Widow, following Die Fledermaus in 2004 when his notable stage-presence “excelled”.  Once again, he repeats his acclaimed Pooh-Bah in Jonathan Miller’s stunning production of Mikado, with English National Opera.

Ian Caddy is a world-authority on Baroque Acting and Gesture.  He has directed ‘baroque’ productions in London, across Europe, and for film and TV. He produces occasional publications of works by Donizetti, Mayr and Ian Schofield.

 

March 2007

 

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