Alastair Miles

Bass

INTRODUCTION

Described by The Guardian as “The finest British bass of his generation,” Alastair Miles is one of the UK’s most renowned singers, returning regularly to the operatic stages and concert platforms of Europe, North America and the Far East. His career was launched when he won the Decca Kathleen Ferrier Prize at London’s Wigmore Hall and his repertoire ranges from J. S. Bach and Handel via Verdi and Wagner to Elgar and Havergal Brian.

He appears regularly at London’s Royal Opera House, where his roles have included Rodolfo La sonnambula, Le Comte des Grieux Manon, Elmiro in Rossini’s Otello, Lord Sidney Il viaggio a Reims, Poliferno in Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, Banquo Macbeth and, most recently Le Bailli Werther. For English National Opera, his roles have included the title role in Boïto’s Mefistofele, Alfonso d’Este Lucrezia Borgia, Don Basilio The Barber of Seville, Silva Ernani, Zaccaria Nabucco and Ford Sir John in Love; for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Commendatore Don Giovanni, Speaker Die Zauberflöte, Fiesco Simon Boccanegra and Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; for Grange Park Opera, The Grand Inquisitor Don Carlo; For Opera North, Claggart Billy Budd, Leporello Don Giovanni, Timur Turandot and King Philip 11 Don Carlos; for Scottish Opera, Arkel Pelléas et Mélisande; and for Welsh National Opera, Méphistophélès La damnation de Faust, Enrico Anna Bolena, Talbot Maria Stuarda and Fiesco Simon Boccanegra.

Elsewhere, his engagements have included Giorgio I Puritani and Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Narbal Les Troyens, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Cardinal Brogni La Juive, Figaro Le nozze di Figaro, Lodovico Nardi Die Gezeichneten and Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Dutch National Opera; Nourabad Les Pêcheurs des Perles and Bertram Robert le Diable at the Opera di Salerno; Arkel Pelléas et Mélisande, Zorastro Orlando, the title role in Saul, Creonte in Mayr’s Medea in Corinto, Timur Turandot and Lodovico Nardi Die Gezeichneten for the Bavarian State Opera; Preftto Linda di Chamonix, Cardinal Brogni La Juive, Philippe Don Carlos, Padre Guardiano La forza del destino and Zaccaria Nabucco at the Vienna State Opera; Claudio Agrippina at the Opéra de Dijon and the Opéra de Lille; Melisso Alcina and Lord Sidney Il viaggio a Reims at La Scala, Milan; Melisso Alcina at the Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals; creating Paulin in Michael Jarrell’s Bérénice at the Opera national de Paris and Leporello Don Giovanni for the Flanders Opera; Dr Bartolo / Antonio Le nozze di Figaro with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Filippo 11 Don Carlo for the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and at the Teatro Real, Madrid; Nick Shadow The Rake’s Progress and Count Walter Luisa Miller at the Theater an der Wien; and Daland Der fliegende Holländer for the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège.

A highly sought-after concert artist, Alastair Miles has sung with conductors including Maurizio Bernini, Ivor Bolton, Martyn Brabbins, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Mark Elder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev, Carlo Maria Giulini, Daniel Harding, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Andrew Litton, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, John Nelson, Sir Roger Norrington, Jonathan Nott, Seiji Ozawa, David Parry, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Simon Rattle, Helmuth Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Andreas Spering and Robin Ticciati. He has made over ninety recordings, including a recital disc of Brahms and Wolf for Signum Classics; a recital disc of Great Operatic Arias for Chandos; Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor for Sony Classical; Alidoro La cenerentola, Tiresias Oedipus Rex and Monterone Rigoletto for Warner Classics; Le Gouverneur Le Comte Ory for DG; Beethoven Mass in C and Handel Messiah for LSO Live; award-winning recordings of Beethoven Missa Solemnis and Verdi Requiem with Sir John Eliot Gardiner for DG Archive and Philips; Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ with Robin Ticciati for Linn Records; Brian Symphony No. 1 and Elgar Caractacus with Martyn Brabbins for Hyperíon; Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato for Erato; Elijah with Kurt Masur for Teledec; and Mozart Requiem for Belvedere. With Opera Rara, he has recorded Giustiniano Belisario, Dom Juam de Sylva Dom Sebastien, roi de Portugal, Gualtiero Clifford Rosomonda d’Inghilterra, Vecchio Orazi Orazi e Curiazi, Carlo Margherita d’Anjou, Orosmane Zaira, Ircano Ricciardo e Zoraide, Le Commandeur de Baeupré La Cour de Célimène and Il Salotto, Volume 1.

Recent engagements have included Stromminger La Wally at the Theater an der Wien (now available on Unitel DVD / Blu-Ray), Melisso Alcina for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Pistola Falstaff for Scottish Opera and Verdi Requiem with the Royal Choral Society.

Engagements during 2023 and 2024 include Arkel Pelléas et Mélisande for the Orchestre national de France, a return to The Royal Opera, London, for further performances as Le Bailli Werther, Commendatore Don Giovanni at Zurich Opera, Prospero Miranda for Oper Köln, Don Basilio The Barber of Seville for English National Opera and Father Trulove The Rake’s Progress for Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Please note that this biography is not to be used for programmes. Current information is available on request.

REVIEWS

Father Trulove: The Rake’s Progress / Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023

“The smaller roles were all beautifully etched by (ia) Alastair Miles (Father Trulove)…”

Opera

Le Bailli: Werther / The Royal Opera 2023

“Alastair Miles imbued the Bailli with paternal warmth…”

Bachtrack

“Alastair Miles as The Bailli was beautifully characterised, the doting widower coaching his younger children to sing and caring for his older daughters.”

London Unattached

“Alastair Miles’ bass has an opulent warmth, a vibrant yet pleasing assuredness. His role of the widowed father of a large family could easily fall prey to cliché but he produces an accomplished and convincing performance here as compassionate guardian to his children.”

OperaWire

“Alastair Miles was an animated Bailli.”

The Standard

Le Bailli: Werther / Royal Opera, London 2023

“Alastair Miles imbued the Bailli with paternal warmth.”

Bachtrack

“His bass has an opulent warmth, a vibrant yet pleasing assuredness. His role of the widowed father of a large family could easily fall prey to cliché but he produces an accomplished and convincing performance here as compassionate guardian to his children.”

OperaWire

“Alastair Miles was an animated Bailli.”

The Standard

Prospero: Miranda / Oper Köln 2022

“All the singing performances delight with Alastair Miles as a stately, effervescent Prospero.”

Kölner Stadt Anzeiger

“Alastair Miles (Prospero), on the other hand, emphasizes his anger and aggressiveness with his sombre bass and sharp, accentuated vocals. He uses his powerful voice skilfully to illustrate his position of power as a father and head of the family.”

OperaPoint

“As Prospero, Alastair Miles, one of the most respected and sought-after British basses in the world, sings at a world-class level.”

Das Opernmagazin

Melisso: Alcina / Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2022

“The bass, Bradamante’s old tutor Melisso, gets a shorter straw, a single aria only, but Alastair Miles, tall and authoritative, makes the best of it.”

The Arts Desk

“Alastair Miles was deluxe casting in the part of Melisso…”

Opera

“Alastair Miles is robustly reliable as Melisso.”

The Telegraph

Stromminger: La Wally / Theater an der Wien 2021

“With a velvety and imposing bass, Alastair Miles brought vocal elegance and artistic sensibility to the curmudgeonly Stromminger.”

Bachtrack

“Alastair Miles distinguished himself in the role of Stromminger.”

Opera

Pistol: Falstaff / Scottish Opera at the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival

“Alastair Miles as a Cockney Pistol and Jamie MacDougall as a Glaswegian Bardolph were both in splendid voice, the pair entertaining in their capers, pranks and mercurial allegiances.”

Bachtrack

“Alastair Miles was a characterful Pistol.”

Seen and Heard International

Pistola: Falstaff / Scottish Opera 2021

“The cast of this Falstaff is universally marvellous, from Alastair Miles as the disreputable Pistol…”

The Telegraph

Claggart: Billy Budd / Opera North

“…a true world-class bass of the colour the villain needs…”

The Arts Desk

“…subtle, firm and self-commanding as Claggart – all the more frightening for not being a monster.”

Critics’ Circle

“As Claggart, Alasdair Miles is wonderfully intimidating, with a voice that holds fast and a withheld officiousness.”

The Guardian

“Miles conveys much of the inner darkness of Claggart, whose self-loathing causes him to destroy the being who has caused him to feel – perhaps for the first very first time – a kind of love.”

The Stage

“Alastair Miles’ Claggart is darkly powerful without being too black of voice, convincing in his evil while avoiding parody.”

Seen and Heard International

“Alasdair Miles is physically and vocally imposing.”

The Times

Arkel: Pelléas et Mélisande / Scottish Opera

Alastair Miles’ Arkel is yet another superb achievement, more actively engaged than usual.:

Critics’ Circle

“Alastair Miles, as the old king Arkel, plays out the confusions of incomprehension, horror, cowardice and helplessness with heart and voice.”

The Observer

“…magnificently sung and portrayed by Alastair Miles.”

The Scotsman

“Alastair Miles is a vocally expressive Arkel.”

The Stage

“…an eloquent presence.”

The Telegraph

Enrico: Anna Bolena / Welsh National Opera

“Alastair Miles turns in one of his best performances as a thuggish Enrico.”

The Financial Times

“Alastair Miles’ Enrico is a tour de force of gritty, granite bass characterization…”

The Times

Giustiano: Belisario / Opera Rara CD

“Alastair Miles sings majestically as the emperor Giustiano.”

Opera

Raimondo: Lucia di Lammermoor / Metropolitan Opera, New York

“The English basso Alastair Miles was excellent as Raimondo…”

Huffington Post

Alfonso d’Este: Lucrezia Borgia / English National Opera

“Alasdair Miles sang with notable elegance…”

The Guardian

“The image of the real Alfonso, Alastair Miles spits and thunders with authority”

The Independent

Alastair Miles was on good form as Alfonso d’Este, with appropriately lack tone, forceful projecton and every word crystal clear.”

Opera

Melisso: Alcina / Salzburg Summer Easter Festival

“Alasdair Miles brought vocal authority to Melisso…”

Opera

Melisso: Alcina / Salzburg Summer Festival

“Sandrina Piau (Morgana), Kristina Hammarström (Bradamante) and Alastair Miles (Melisso) were all first-rate.”

Opera

Comte des Grieux: Manon / Oper Zürich

“There were strong performances from (ia) Alastair Miles as the Comte des Grieux…”

Opera

Comte des Grieux: Manon / Royal Opera, London

“Alasdair Miles as des Grieux (senior) was not just in fine voice: he brought a sureness of touch to every phrase.”

The Arts Desk

“Best of all, the inky bass of Alastair Miles sends shudders down the spine in the fiercer morality of his presence as the Comte des Grieux.”

The Times

Leporello: Don Giovanni / Opera North

“This of one of the great comic roles, and he plays it to perfection. You will not see a better Leporello anytie soon.”

The Independent

“Alastair Miles reveals unexpected comic talent as a lugubrious Leporello.”

The Telegraph

Timur: Turandot / Opera North

“Alastair Miles put his splendidly rich bass voice to good use as the old, blind Timur…”

Bachtrack

“Alastair Miles was a noble Timur…”

Opera

“Alasdair Miles’ rich-voiced Timur…”

The Spectator

Don Basilio: The Barber of Seville / English National Opera

“The luxury casting of Alastair Miles as Don Basilio paid dividends…”

Opera

Don Basilio: The Barber of Seville / Opera North

“Alastair Miles made a near-ideal Don Basilio, his bass superbly resonant, his Calumny aria mischievous.”

Opera

The Grand Inquisitor: Don Carlo / Grange Park Opera

“Alastair Miles kept roaring melodrama at bay with his superbly judged portrayall of the Inquisitor, the blind, pitiless guardian of the faith, the voice huge and perfectly focused.”

Classical Source

“Alastair Miles’ loathsome Grand Inquisitor is precisely the monster Verdi intended without ever sliding into caricature.”

Opera

Daland: Der fliegende Holländer / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

“Alastair Miles was a very Daland, ihs bass voice flexible and resonant…”

The Guardian

Daland: Der fliegende Holländer / Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège

“Alastair Miles was a sonorous Daland.”

Opera

Veit Pogner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Glyndebourne Festival Opera

“Other convincing portrayals came from (ia) Alasdair Miles as Pogner…”

Opera

“…he is magnificent, making you wish, as all great Pogners do, that he didn’t have such long absences form the stage. His scene with his daughter Eva at the start of Act 11 was as moving as anything n opera, as it should be.”

The Spectator

“Alastair Miles was a bluff, sturdy Pogner…”

The Telegraph

DISCOGRAPHY

Lieder by Wolf and Brahms
Narie-Noëlle Kendall – Piano
Signum CD SIGCD 369

Great Operatic Arias – Volume 4
Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Chandos CD CHAN 3032

J. S. Bach Mass in B Minor
Barbara Bonney, Angelika Kirchschlager, John Mark Ainsley
Tokyo Opera Singers, Saito Kinen Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
Philips CD 4683632

Beethoven Mass in C
Sally Matthews, Sara Mingardo, John Mark Ainsley
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live LSO 0594

Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Charlotte Margiono, Catherine Robbin, William Kendall
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner
DG Archive CD 4297792

Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Amanda Halgrimson, Cornelia Kallisch, John Aler
South West German Symphony Orchestra / Roger Norrington
Hänssler CD HAEN 93006

Beethoven Leonore (role of Don Fernando)
Hillevi Martinpelto, Christiane Oelze, Kim Begley, Franz Hawlata, Matthew Best
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner
DG Archiv CD 4534612

Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ
Jean Rigby, John Aler, Gerald Finley, Gwynne Howell
Corydon Singers & Orchestra / Matthew Best
Hyperion CD CDD 22067

Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ
Véronique Gens, Yann Beuron, Stephan Loges
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chours / Robin Ticciati
Linn CD CKD 440

Berlioz Roméo et Juliette
Olga Borodina, Thomas Moser
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
Philips CD 4421342

Berlioz Roméo et Juliette
Katija Dragojevic, Andrew Staples
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robin Ticciati
Lunn CD CKD 521

Bizet Les Pêcheurs de Perles (role of Nourabad)
Desirée Rancatore, Celso Albelo, Luca Grassi
Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ Daniel Oren
Brilliant Classics CD 94434

Brian Symphony No. 1 ‘Gothic’
Susan Gritton, Christine Rice, Peter Auty
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CD CDA 67971/2

Britten The Rape of Lucretia (role of Collatinus)
Catherine Pierard, Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Donald Maxwell, Alan Opie
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
Chandos CD CHAN 241-51

Catalani La Wally (role of Stromminger)
Izabela Matula, Leonardo Capalbo, Jacques Imbrailo, Ilona Revolskaya
Wiener Symphoniker / Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Unitel DVD 806308 / Blu-Ray 806404

Donizetti Belisario (role of Giustiniano)
Joyce El-Khoury, Nicola Alaimo, Russell Thomas
BBC Symphony Orchestra c. Sir Mark Elder
Opera Rara CD ORC 49

Donizetti Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal (role of Dom Juam de Sylva)
Vesselina Kasarova, Giuseppe Filianoti, Simon Keenlyside
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Mark Elder
Opera Rara ORC 33

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor (role of Raimondo)
Andrea Rost, Bruce Ford, Anthony Michaels-Moore
London Voices, The Hanover Band / Sir Charles Mackerras
Sony CD 88985333902

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor (role of Raimondo)
Edita Gruberova, Neil Schicoff, Aleandru Agache
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonnge
Teledec CD 2564688015

Donizetti Rosmonda d’Inghilterra (role of Gualtiero Clifford)
Renée Fleming, Nelly Miriciouiu, Diana Montague, Bruce Ford
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara CD ORC13

Elgar Caractacus
Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Roberts
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Richard Hickox
Chandos CD CHAN 9156

Elgar Caractacus
Elizabeth Llewellyn, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Roland Wood, Christopher Purves
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North / Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CD CDA 68254

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Anne Sofie von Otter, David Rendall
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live CD LSO 0083

Gounod Faust (role of Méphistophélès)
Mary Plazas, Diana Montague, Sarah Walker, Paul Charles Clarke, Garry Magee
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Chandos CD CHAN 30

Halévy La Juive (role of Cardinal Brogni)
Soile Isokosi, Regina Schörg, Neil Schicoff
Chorus and Orcestra of the Vienna State Opera / Simone Young
RCA CD 74321795962

Handel L’Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato
Christine Brandes, Lynne Dawson, David Daniels, Ian Bostridge
Bach Choir, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson
Erato CD 5454172

Handel Messiah
Lynne Dawson, Hilary Summers, John Mark Ainsley
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury
Brilliant Classics CD 94127

Handel Messiah
Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live LSO 0607

Handel (arr. Mozart) Messiah
Donna Brown, Cornelia Kallisch, Roberto Saccà
Bach Collegium Stuttgart / Helmuth Rilling
Hänssler CD HAEN 98434

Handel Saul
Donna Brown, Lynne Dawson, Derek Lee Ragin, John Mark Ainsley
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
Philips CD 4758256

Handel Agrippina (role of Claudio)
Donna Brown, Della Jones, Derek Lee Ragin, Michael Chance
English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
Philips CD 4380092

Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai & Theresienmesse
Nancy Argenta, Catherine Robbin, Michael Schade
The English Concert and Choir / Trevor Pinnock
DG Archiv 4378072

Mayr Medea in Corinto (role of Creonte)
Jane Eaglen, Yvonne Kenny, Raúl Gimenez
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara CD ORC 11

Mayr Medea in Corinto (role of Creonte)
Nadja Michael, Elena Tsallagova, Ramón Vargas
Bavarian State Opera / Ivor Bolton
Aarthaus Musik DVD 101578

Mendelssohn Elijah
Helen Donath, Jard van Nes, Donald George
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Masur
Elatus CD 2564605342

Mercadante Les Soirées Italiennes
Yvonne Kenny, Bruce Ford, William Matteuzzi, Garry Magee
David Harper – Piano
Opera Rara CD 9293802064

Mercadante Orazi e Curiazi (role of Vecchio Orazio)
Nelly Miricioiu, Bruce Ford, Marcus Jerome, William Matteuzzi, Anthony Michaels-Moore
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara ORC 12

Mercadante Zaira – Highlights (role of Orosmane)
Majella Cullaghm Bruce Ford, Garry Magee
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara CD ORR 224

Meyerbeer Margherita d’Anjou (role of Carlo Belmonte)
Annick Massis, Daniela Barcellona, Bruce Ford
London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara ORC 25

Mozart / Haas Requiem
Genia Kühmeier, Sarah Connolly, Topi Lehtipuu
Salzburger Bachchor, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Ivor Bolton
Belvedere CD bVE08047

Mozart Thamos, König in Ägypten
The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
DG Archiv CD 4375562

Mozart Don Giovanni (role of Commendatore)
Anna Samuil, Kate Royal, Anna Virovlansky, William Burden, Gerald Finley, Luca Pisaroni,
Guido Loconsolo
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Vladimir Jurowski
Warner Classics DVD 0720179

Pacini Maria regina d’Inghilterra (role of Gualtiero Churchill)
Nelly Miricioiu, Mary Plazas, Bruce Ford
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Opera Rara ORC 15

Rossini La cenerentola (role of Alidoro)
Jennifer Larmore, Raúl Gimenez, Alessandro Corbelli, Gino Quilico
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Carlo Rizzi
Teledec CD 4509945532

Rossini Le Comte Ory (role of Le Gouverneur)
Stefnia Bonfadelli, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno Praticò
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Jésus Lópe Cobos
DG CD E4775020

Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers – Highlights (role of Mustafa)
Jennifer Larmore, Barry Banks, Alan Opie
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Chandos CD CHAN 3160

Schumann Szenen aus Goethes Faust
Christiane Iven, Werner Güra, Christian Gerhaher
Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
RCO Live CD RCO 09001

Schumann Szenen aus Goethes Faust
Christiane Karg, Andrew Staples, Christian Gerhaher
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio / Daniel Harding
BR Klassik CD 900122

Steffani Niobe Regina di Tebe (role of Poliferno)
Véronique Gens, Iestyn Davies, Jacek Laszczkowski, Bruno Taddia
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble / Thomas Hengelbrock
Opus Arte CD OACD 9008D

Stravinsky Oedipus Rex (role of Tireasias)
Marjana Lipovsek, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sir John Tomlinson
London Philaharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Franz Welser-Möst
Warner Classics CD 95209692

Verdi Requiem
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Canonici
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner
Philips CD 4784791

Verdi Aïda (role of Ramfis)
Jane Eaglen, Rosalind Plowright, Dennis O’Neill. Gregory Yurisch
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry
Chandos CD CHAN 3074

Verdi Don Carlos (role of Philippe 11)
Iano Tamar, Nadja Michael, Ramón Vargas, Bo Skovhus, Simon Yang
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy
Orfeo CD C648054L

Verdi Don Carlos (role of Philip 11)
Janice Watson, Jane Irwin, Julian Gavin, William Dazeley, Sir John Tomlinson
Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes
Chandos CD CHAN 3162

Verdi Nabucco (role of Zacchariah)
Susan Paterson, Jane Irwin, Leonardo Capalbo, Alan Opie
Opera North Orchestra & Chorus / David Parry
Chandos CD CHAN 3136

Verdi Rigoletto (role of Monterone)
Leontinua Vaduva, Jennifer Larmore, Richard Leech, Alexander Agache
Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi
Warner Classics CD 2564688013

Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (role of Veit Pogner)
Anna Gabler, Michaela Selinger, Marco Jentzsch, Topi Lehtipuu, Gerald Finley
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowksi
Opus Arte DVD OA 1085D / Blu Ray OABD 7108D

Alastair Miles

Bass

INTRODUCTION

REVIEWS

DISCOGRAPHY

GALLERY

AUDIO

Alastair Miles as Golaud in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande