Christopher Diffey - Tenor
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Christopher Diffey is one of this generation’s up and coming Tenors in command of the Bel Canto repertoire, specialising in the works of Gioaccchino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti. After relocating from Melbourne, Australia, he recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music Opera Course. Christopher has performed all over the United Kingdom and Europe, making his London debut at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields with the London Pro Arte Orchestra and the East London Chorus. Recent performances include covering the role of Ernesto in ETO’s production of Don Pasquale, Kudrjas in Scottish Opera Go Round’s production of Katya Kabanova, playing Colonel Fairfax (Yeoman of the Guard) at the Buxton International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival where he received rave reviews, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville with Garden Opera, Don Curzio in a production of Le Nozze di Figaro directed by John Copley and conducted by Sir Colin Davis and performances of Bach’s Mass in A Major with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Gustav Leonhardt.
Christopher most recently performed Rodolfo with OperaUpClose to rave reviews and a sold-out season, and has now been booked to take the production to London’s Soho Theatre in summer 2010. Currently Christopher is preparing to make his role debut as Alfredo in La Traviata for The Garden Opera Company in June, covering the roles of Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Garsington Opera and Duke (Rigoletto) for Iford Opera, and later this year he will rejoin the young company Ensemble Serse in their production of Leonardo Vinci’s Il Medo.
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Last updated May 29, 2010
