The Sofa and The Departure
A Suitor
Patrick Ashcroft
Based in Oxford, Patrick completed a PhD in cosmology at the University of Cambridge before studying at the Guildhall School with tenor Adrian Thompson. At the Guildhall School he was generously supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Lynn Foundation and the John Thaw Foundation. Since leaving he has sung the roles of Mr Triquet (Eugene Onegin) and Josef (Wiener Blut, J Strauss II), both for ETO; covered Roberto (Roberto Devereux) at this year’s Buxton Festival and covered Don Ramiro (La cenerentola) for Scottish Opera Go Round. Last year, as a Britten–Pears Young Artist at Aldeburgh, he sang the title role in King Arthur. He has also sung Bertrando (L’Inganno Felice), Borsa (Rigoletto) and Acis (Acis and Galatea). He returns to Scotland to cover Don Ramiro for Scottish Opera on Tour in spring 2008.
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