©Christian Steiner

貝瑞‧班克斯

男高音

貝瑞·班克斯精湛詮釋貝里尼、羅西尼、董尼采第作品的角色，為全球各大歌劇院常客。

於大都會歌劇院協力之下，他與芮妮·弗萊明合作演出羅西尼《阿米達》、和娜塔莉‧德賽演出《聯隊之花》與《夢遊女》、和奧爾加·鮑羅丁娜演出《阿爾及爾的義大利女郎》；以及和安娜·尼特立哥演出《帕思夸雷先生》與《愛情靈藥》。

知名歌劇演出包括班克斯於威爾斯國家歌劇院首度演出《威廉泰爾》阿諾一角、於巴伐利亞國立歌劇院演出《皇帝的慈悲》主角，以及《在義大利的土耳其人》唐‧納西斯可一角、於科芬園皇家歌劇院演出《帕思夸雷先生》厄尼斯特、於柏林國家歌劇院演出阿瑪維瓦伯爵、於那不勒斯聖卡洛劇院和首度於丹麥皇家劇院演出《賽密拉米德》伊瑞諾，以及於香榭麗舍劇院與薩爾斯堡音樂節演出羅西尼《奧泰羅》伊阿古。他以《灰姑娘》唐·拉米諾首次登上里西奧大劇院，並以《海蜜安妮》奧瑞斯特初次現身聖達菲音樂節。

與英國國家歌劇院長期合作之下，他曾演出《浪子歷程》塔米諾與湯姆·瑞克威爾、大衛‧奧登備受推崇的《拉美莫爾的露琪亞》埃德加、《霍夫曼的故事》霍夫曼，以及《弄臣》曼都瓦公爵。

至於音樂會的部分，貝瑞·班克斯曾演繹由柯林·戴維斯爵士指揮、倫敦交響樂團演奏的白遼士《安魂曲》，於倫敦交響樂團創立的錄音品牌「LSO Live」推出後，大受好評。他於斯卡拉大劇院演出由張弦指揮的布瑞頓《戰爭安魂曲》；由安德魯·戴維斯爵士指揮、慕尼黑愛樂管絃樂團演奏的《吉隆修士的夢》；以及由尼爾·加蒂指揮、英國皇家愛樂管絃樂團演奏的羅西尼《小莊嚴彌撒》。

近期的樂季演出包括於維也納河畔劇院由尚-克里斯多弗·史賓諾西指揮的《英格蘭女王伊麗莎白》。另有《金雞》兩版演出，第一版於西班牙皇家歌劇院由洛宏培利導演、艾弗·博爾頓指揮，第二版於聖達菲歌劇院由保羅·柯倫導演、艾曼紐·維堯姆指揮。音樂會參與部分，包括由璜侯·梅納指揮、辛辛那提交響樂團演奏的貝多芬《莊嚴彌撒》，以及由艾度·迪華特指揮、聖地牙哥交響樂團演奏的貝多芬第九號交響曲。

貝瑞·班克斯的錄音作品包括與古典歌劇團合作、伊恩·佩吉指揮的《皇帝的慈悲》，與山度士唱片合作英語歌劇系列中《愛情靈藥》、《阿爾及爾的義大利女郎》、《帕思夸雷先生》、《唐·喬凡尼》、《鵲賊》，以及《魔笛》。DVD作品包括大都會歌劇院的《阿米達》，以及由山度士唱片錄製、備受樂評推崇的獨唱專輯《貝瑞·班克斯唱美聲詠嘆調》。

Barry Banks’ outstanding facility in roles by Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti regularly takes him to the world’s leading opera houses.

With The Metropolitan Opera he has partnered with Renée Fleming in Rossini’s Armida, Natalie Dessay in La fille du régiment and La sonnambula, Olga Borodina in L’italiana in Algeri and Anna Netrebko in Don Pasquale and L’elisir d’amore.

Notable opera performances have included Banks’ debut as Arnold (Guillaume Tell) at Welsh National Opera, the title role in Mitridate, re di Ponto and Don Narciso (Il turco in Italia) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Ernesto (Don Pasquale) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Count Almaviva at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Idreno (Semiramide) at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and in his debut at Royal Danish Opera, and Iago in Rossini’s Otello at both Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Salzburger Festspiele. The role of Don Ramiro (La cenerentola) saw his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Oreste (Ermione) marked his debut at the Santa Fe Festival.

During his long association with English National Opera he has appeared as Tamino, Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Edgardo (in David Alden’s acclaimed production of Lucia di Lammermoor), Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) and as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.

In concert Barry Banks has performed Berlioz’ Grand Messe des Morts under Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra – which was released to considerable acclaim on LSO Live. He sang in Britten’s War Requiem at the Teatro alla Scala under Xian Zhang, The Dream of Gerontius with the Münchner Philharmoniker under Sir Andrew Davis and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniele Gatti.

Current season highlights include his debut in Vienna in Theater an der Wien’s new production of Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi. There are also two new productions of The Golden Cockerel  - Laurent Pelly’s staging at Teatro Real conducted by Ivor Bolton and Paul Curran’s for the Santa Fe Opera under the baton of Emmanual Villaume. Concert appearances include Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Juanjo Mena and Symphony No. 9 with the San Diego Symphony under Edo de Waart.

Barry Banks’ discography includes Mitridate with Classical Opera Company (Ian Page), The Elixir of Love, The Italian Girl in Algiers, Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, The Thieving Magpie and The Magic Flute in the Opera in English series for Chandos. DVD releases include Armida from The Metropolitan Opera, His solo recital disc for Chandos - Barry Banks sings Bel Canto Arias - received substantial critical acclaim.