RECITAL TWO

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RODION POGOSSOVBaritone

Iain BurnsidePianist
Songs and arias by composers including Gluck, Handel, Schumann, Korngold, Tchaikovsky and Rossini

Rodion Pogossov performs regularly in the Metropolitan Opera House line-up in New York and recent engagements have included Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. Other recent engagements include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Papageno at the Bilbao Opera conducted by Spinosa, Eugene Onegin at the Festival de Lanaudiere conducted by Kent Nagano, and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and the Canadian Opera Company.

Artist Biographies

RODION POGOSSOV

Rodion Pogossov performs regularly in the Metropolitan Opera House line-up in New York and recent engagements have included Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. Other recent engagements include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Papageno at the Bilbao Opera conducted by Spinosa, Eugene Onegin at the Festival de Lanaudiere conducted by Kent Nagano, and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and the Canadian Opera Company.

Iain Burnside

Iain Burnside enjoys a unique reputation as pianist and broadcaster, forged through his commitment to the song repertoire and his collaborations with leading international singers. In recent seasons such artists have included Galina Gorchakova, Ailish Tynan, Lisa Milne, Rebecca Evans; Susan Bickley, Ann Murray and Sarah Connolly; John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore and Andrew Kennedy; Roderick Williams and Bryn Terfel. Through his strong association with the Rosenblatt Recitals, Iain has appeared with outstanding artists such as Ekaterina Siurina, Ailyn Pérez, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Costello and Matthew Rose.

Acclaimed as a programmer, Iain has devised a number of innovative recitals combining music and poetry presented with huge success in Brussels and Barcelona with the collaboration of actors such as Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he is a Research Associate, staging specially conceived programmes with student singers and pianists. He has given Masterclasses throughout Europe, at New York’s Juilliard School and the Banff Centre, Canada. Iain’s broadcasting career covers both Radio and TV and he has been honoured with a Sony Radio Award.

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