Biography
Andrew Shore is acknowledged as one of the most outstanding singer/actors currently working on the lyric stage.
He has worked for all the major British houses and abroad for the Metropolitan Opera New York, San Francisco Opera, Paris Opera, San Diego Opera, Dallas Opera, New Israeli Opera, the Opéra Comique in Paris, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Netherlands Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Hamburg, Lyon, Nantes, Montpelier, Copenhagen, Vancouver, Santa Fe Opera, Ottawa and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Engagements have included the title roles of Falstaff, Wozzeck, King Priam, Gianni Schicchi, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Pasquale, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte, Dr Bartolo/Il barbiere di Siviglia and Figaro, Dulcamara/ L’elisir d’amore, King Dodon/Le Coq d’Or, Leandro/Love for Three Oranges (an Opera North production which was taken to the Edinburgh International Festival and recorded for television), Varlaam/Boris Godunov, Don Alfonso/Cosi fan tutte, Doeg/The Making of the Representative of Planet 8 by Philip Glass, The Count/Reigen, Shishkov/From the House of the Dead, Frank/Die Fledermaus, Baron/La Vie Parisienne, Monsieur Calcul/La Belle Vivette, Mr Flint/Billy Budd, Mr Gedge/Albert Herring, Dr Kolenaty/The Makropulos Case, Der Haushofmeister/Der Zwerg, Baron Trombonok/Il Viaggio a Reims, Geronimo/Il Matrimonio segreto, Struthian in Strauss’s The Donkey’s Shadow, Quince and Bottom/A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dikoy/Katya Kabanova, Faninal/Der Rosenkavalier, Baron Zeta/The Merry Widow, Punch/Punch and Judy and the world première of Appomattox by Philip Glass.
Notable engagements have included George Wilson/The Great Gatsby, the title role of Falstaff, Bartolo, Frank and Dikoj/Katya Kabanova (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Dulcamara / L’elisir d’amore (Metropolitan Opera), Quince / A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Scala), Traveller / Death in Venice (La Monnaie, Brussels), Alberich / Der Ring des Nibelungen (Teatro Colon), Alberich/Das Rheingold (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and Oper Frankfurt), Don Alfonso/Così fan tutte, the title role in Falstaff, performances of War & Peace, Frank, Alberich/The Ring, Dulcamara/L’elisir D’amore, Doctor Bartolo, Martinu Julietta, Beckmesser/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Benoit and Alcindoro/La bohème , Death in Venice, title role in Jakob Lenz, Fra Melitone / La Forza del Destino and the title role of Sir John in Love by Vaughan Williams, (all for English National Opera); Bartolo and the title role in Don Pasquale ( WNO), The Golden Cockerel (Bergen National Opera), Falstaff, Don Alfonso and Don Pasquale (Santa Fe), Faber/The Knot Garden and Pooh Bah / Mikado (Scottish Opera), Don Inigo/L’heure espagnol (Royal Opera House), Gamberetto/ L’equivico Stravagante (Garsington), Bottom/A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Boston Lyric Opera), General/The Gambler (Grange Park Opera), and Bartolo / Il nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne and in concert performances with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in New York and at the Edinburgh Festival). Recent concert engagements include Messiah with the Hallé, Beckmesser/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Edinburgh International Festival, Gotterdammerung with Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Delius’ A Village Romeo and Juliet with New London Orchestra and Beethoven 9 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Recent and future engagements include Major General Stanley/Pirates of Penzance, Lord Chancellor / Iolanthe, Pooh Bah, Bartolo/ The Marriage of Figaro and Baron Zeta / The Merry Widow (English National Opera), Dad / Greek (Scottish Opera at the Edinburgh Festival and in New York), Don Pasquale (Welsh National Opera), Quince (Aldeburgh Festival), La Roche / Capriccio (Garsington Opera), Benoit / Alcindoro and various roles in the Adventures of Mr Broucek (Grange Park Opera), Beckmesser (State Opera of South Australia), Dulcamara (Canadian Opera Company) , Bartolo (Michigan Opera Theater) and Starveling/A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Teatro Real, Madrid).
He has recorded Don Pasquale (title role), Dr Bartolo/Il barbiere di Siviglia and Dulcamara/L’elisir d’amore, Leporello/Don Giovanni, and the title roles of Falstaff and Wozzeck, all for Chandos.
In 2014 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Music by Bristol University.
