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Charles Daniels is an English tenor, particularly noted for his performances of baroque music. He is a frequent soloist with The King's Consort, and has made over 25 recordings with the ensemble on the Hyperion label.〔(Discography ) on the web site of Hyperion Records (accessed 2 October 2007)〕 ==Biography== Born in Salisbury, Charles Daniels attended the choir school at King's College, Cambridge where he was a chorister, then Winchester College for his secondary education. He returned to King's College, Cambridge for his university education, where he was a Choral scholar, reading Natural Sciences and Music. After taking his degree, he studied under Edward Brooks at the Royal College of Music in London where he was awarded a Foundation Scholarship.〔Official biography on (Hazard Chase Music Management ) (accessed 2 October 2007)〕 His concert and recording repertoire extends from the Middle Ages to 20th-century composers such as Luigi Nono and Benjamin Britten. In December 2001, he was the tenor soloist in a performance of Wojciech Kilar's ''Missa pro pace'', performed in the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II.〔Czerwińska, I., (Mass for Peace ), ''The Warsaw Voice'', 16 December 2001. (accessed 1 October 2007)〕 However, he is best known for his interpretations of baroque music, and in particular for the role of Evangelist in the ''St Matthew Passion'' and the ''St John Passion'' by J S Bach. Daniels has made frequent concert appearances at the Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms, in addition to performing frequently in both European and North American music festivals. His opera performances have included Purcell's ''The Fairy-Queen'' at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the New York City premiere of Lully's ''Atys'' and the title role in Monteverdi's ''L'Orfeo'' for its Montreal premiere at the Montreal Baroque Festival. The Montreal Baroque Festival subsequently released a recital disc with Daniels singing excerpts from ''L'Orfeo'' and songs by John Dowland and other composers of the period.〔(Montreal Baroque Festival ); Rockwell, John, (Reviving An Opera, A Reputation And a Style ), ''New York Times'', 19 May 1989; Rockwell, John, (A 'Fairy Queen' Transformed at Aix ), ''New York Times'', 15 July 1989. (accessed 1 October 2007)〕 He also won praise for his singing in the role of 'An Attendant on Pleasure' for the Hyperion recording of Handel's operatic oratorio ''The Choice of Hercules''.〔(The 2003 Handel Recording Prize ) (accessed 1 October 2007)〕 He was for sixteen years a member of the early music vocal ensemble the Orlando Consort.〔(The Orlando Consort ) (accessed 13 September 2008)〕 In addition to conducting master classes at the Montreal Baroque Festival, Daniels teaches Early Music Performance Practice at the Ringve Museum's International Summer Course in Norway.〔(Faculty profile ), Ringve Museum's International Summer Course (accessed 2 October 2007)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Daniels (tenor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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