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Andrew Tipple
Andrew studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he was a member of the Alexander Gibson Opera School, graduating in 2013. Whilst there he was the recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship.
Recent operatic performances have included Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro at the Kilden theatre Norway, Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin with Garsington Opera and Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Pop-up Opera. Other roles have included Talpa in Il Tabarro at Wexford Festival Opera, Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Bohemia and Russian Father in Death in Venice at Garsington Opera, In Scotland Andrew performed as Falstaff in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Mendoza in Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Snug the Joiner in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte.
He has performed as a member of many eminent operatic companies, including Bayreuther Festspiele, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Independant Opera.
Andrew was involved in music from a young age, starting as a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral. In 2005 he was appointed as a Choral Scholar at King’s College Cambridge, whilst studying for a BA in History.
Future projects include reprising his role of Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi and performing as Antonio in Garsington Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro.