Allan Clayton tenor

Fellowship Winner 2008

Allan Clayton was a choral scholar at St John's College, Cambridge before studying on the opera course at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded an inaugural Sir Elton John Scholarship and a John Lewis Award. He was also awarded a Maidment Scholarship, administered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, a Star Award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and became an Associate Artist with the Classical Opera Company. This season he was selected for the BBC New Generations Artist scheme. Recent concert engagements include Handel's Jephtha in London, Elgar's The Kingdom in Oxford, Dream of Gerontius in Guildford, Britten's Canticles and War Requiem in Perth Australia, Messiah with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO), Bach Matthew Passion at the Royal Albert Hall, Bruckner's Te Deum with the RLPO, The Creation at Snape Maltings, as well as recitals at St John's Smith Square, Wigmore Hall and in Aberdeen, with artists such as Angelika Kirchschlager, Graham Johnson and Roger Vignoles. He recently made his debut for Opera North as Lampwick in their highly acclaimed production of Jonathan Dove's Pinocchio, and makes his debut in the title role of Albert Herring for both the 2008 Glyndebourne Festival, and at the Opera de Comique in Paris next season. Other future engagements include concerts with the Britten Sinfonia, Haydn's The Seasons in Snape, Handel's Joshua at the London Handel Festival, and appearances at the City of London, Cheltenham and Three Choirs festivals, as well as the 2008 BBC Proms.

Photograph taken by Jack Liebeck