Ian Page (born 10 December 1963) is a British conductor who is the founder and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists.
Page studied English literature at the University of York. He then studied piano and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has worked for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Scottish Opera and English National Opera.[1]
With Classical Opera he has conducted many Mozart operas – including the world premières of the ‘original’ version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide – the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito and Telemann’s Orpheus, and the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria.[2][3][4][5][6]
In 2012, he embarked on a new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings.[7][8] Page also devised MOZART 250, Classical Opera’s twenty-seven year project in which a substantial part of the company's programme each season will explore the music that was being written by Mozart and his contemporaries exactly 250 years previously. The project will run from 2015 to 2041.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Royal College of Music Staff Listing | RCM". rcm.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Edward Seckerson. "Review | Zaide | The Independent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Rupert Christiansen. "La Clemenza di Tito Review | Cadogan Hall | The Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ George Hall. "Adriano in Siria Review | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Amanda Holloway, 'Classical Proportions', Opera: The Worlds leading opera magazine, June 2011, p664-666
- ^ Robert Thicknesse, 'Small Wonders', Opera Now, June 2011, p40-41
- ^ "Mozart at 250: how to explain a 10-year-old talent for all time | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Mozart 250: Classical Opera plans 27-year celebration of composer | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Mark Brown. "Mozart 250: Classical Opera plans 27-year celebration of composer | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Amanda Holloway, 'Classical Proportions', Opera: The Worlds leading opera magazine, June 2011, p664-666
- ^ Robert Thicknesse, 'Small Wonders', Opera Now, June 2011, p40-41