Mark Padmore

Mark Padmore is a British tenor. He has established an international career in opera, concert and recital. His appearances in Bach Passions have gained particular notice especially his acclaimed performances as Evangelist in the St Matthew and St John Passions with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Don Giovanni (2002)

Live performance at Théâtre de l’Archevêché du Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence 2002. Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Choeur de l'Académie Européenne de Musique. Directed for stage by Peter Brook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Brook  •  Vincent Bataillon
CAST:  Peter Mattei  •  Gilles Cachemaille  •  Alexandra Deshorties  •  Mark Padmore

Live performance at Théâtre de l’Archevêché du Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence 2002. Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Choeur de l'Académie Européenne de Musique. Directed for stage by Peter Brook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Brook  •  Vincent Bataillon
CAST:  Peter Mattei  •  Gilles Cachemaille  •  Alexandra Deshorties  •  Mark Padmore

The Turn Of The Screw (2004)

The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Mitchell
CAST:  Lisa Milne  •  Mark Padmore  •  Diana Montague  •  Catrin Wyn Davies

The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Mitchell
CAST:  Lisa Milne  •  Mark Padmore  •  Diana Montague  •  Catrin Wyn Davies

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CAST:  Mariss Jansons  •  Genia Kühmeier  •  Elisabeth Kulman  •  Mark Padmore

Berlioz: Les Troyens (2003)

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Maniura  •  Yannis Kokkos
CAST:  Anna Caterina Antonacci  •  Gregory Kunde  •  Ludovic Tézier  •  Laurent Naouri

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Maniura  •  Yannis Kokkos
CAST:  Anna Caterina Antonacci  •  Gregory Kunde  •  Ludovic Tézier  •  Laurent Naouri

Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2010)

Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin in 2010 was for him “the single most important thing we ever did here”. Critics around the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sellars
CAST:  Mark Padmore  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Topi Lehtipuu  •  Camilla Tilling

Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin in 2010 was for him “the single most important thing we ever did here”. Critics around the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sellars
CAST:  Mark Padmore  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Topi Lehtipuu  •  Camilla Tilling

Bach Matthäus-Passion (2012)

A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Kuijs
CAST:  Mark Padmore  •  Peter Harvey  •  Maria Espada  •  Ingeborg Danz

A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Kuijs
CAST:  Mark Padmore  •  Peter Harvey  •  Maria Espada  •  Ingeborg Danz

Bach: St. John Passion (2014)

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past season. As before with the St Matthew Passion, star director Peter Sellars succeeded in creating a staging which made the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sellars
CAST:  Camilla Tilling  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Topi Lehtipuu  •  Mark Padmore

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past season. As before with the St Matthew Passion, star director Peter Sellars succeeded in creating a staging which made the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sellars
CAST:  Camilla Tilling  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Topi Lehtipuu  •  Mark Padmore

The Man in the Hat (2020)

The Man In The Hat sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he travels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John-Paul Davidson  •  Stephen Warbeck
CAST:  Ciarán Hinds  •  Stephen Dillane  •  Maïwenn  •  Amit Shah

The Man In The Hat sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he travels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John-Paul Davidson  •  Stephen Warbeck
CAST:  Ciarán Hinds  •  Stephen Dillane  •  Maïwenn  •  Amit Shah

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CAST:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra  •  Iván Fischer  •  Mark Padmore  •  Peter Harvey

Bach at St David's (2001)

Video of a performance from the Bach cantata pilgrimage undertaken by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque soloists in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, in which Gardiner conducts cantatas BWV 179, 199 & 113.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Eliot Gardiner  •  William Towers  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Mark Padmore

Video of a performance from the Bach cantata pilgrimage undertaken by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque soloists in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, in which Gardiner conducts cantatas BWV 179, 199 & 113.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Eliot Gardiner  •  William Towers  •  Magdalena Kožená  •  Mark Padmore