Gareth John -- Eugene Onegin
Gareth John graduated in Geography last year from St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar for 3 years under David Hill. This year, he continues to sing with the choir as a Lay Clerk. Gareth has recently been appointed Musical Director of the Gentlemen of St John's and has toured internationally, including a recent concert at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore. As a soloist, Gareth has performed around Cambridge and London, with performances including the St John Passion with the Sagittarian Consort, the Mozart and Haydn Requiems with Collegium Laureatum in West Road Concert Hall, and excerpts from the Messiah in St Martin in the Fields.
Gareth has performed in productions of Macbeth and Cav and Pag with with London-based opera company, Riverside Opera. Last year, Gareth played the Gendarme in the CUOS production of Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tiresias and Eliab in Samuel Hogarth's modern chamber opera, David and Goliath . More recently, he played the title role in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi with Clare College Music Society as part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. He also performed Schumann's Dichterliebe as part of the St John's College Music Society recital series and a recital of Jongen songs in St John's College Chapel with Sam Furness. Among a number of concerts, he sang Faure's Requiem in West Road Concert Hall and Christus in Jesus College Choir's performance of Bach's St John Passion.
He studies singing with David Lowe.
