Nigel Rogers
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Biography
Born in Wellington, Shropshire, England on March 21, 1935, Nigel Rogers was a virtuoso tenor, conductor, and British pedagogue. He was responsible for founding the Studio der Frühen Musik and the Ensemble Chiaroscuro and promoted the rediscovery of early music. His father was a singer, and his mother was a pianist, who taught him the basics of the instrument. Nigel Rogers studied at King's College Cambridge and sang in the choir (1953-1956), then in Rome, Milan and at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich (1959-1961), where he co-founded - with Thomas Binkley, Sterling Jones, and Andrea von Ramm - the Studio der Frühen Musik, the pioneering ensemble known for their interpretation of early music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Nigel Rogers made operatic debut in Amsterdam. His most popular role was as the lead role in Monteverdiâs LâOrfeo in the opera of the same name by Monteverdi. He also performed arias by Dowland, Purcell, d'India, Caccini, Frescobaldi, and Lawes as well as Bach cantatas with Barbara Schlick. A professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London since 1978, he founded the Chiaroscuro Ensemble the following year to perform Italian Baroque music. Throughout his career, Nigel Rogers has collaborated with many renowned performers, musicians, and groups. On May 3, 2005, his 70th birthday was celebrated with a recital at Wigmore Hall in London. Nigel Rogers died on January 19, 2022, at the age of 86. He leaves behind a large catalog of releases including Bach: Cantatas No. 10 & No. 47 (1965), The King's Musick aus der Zeit Henry VIII (1974), Purcell: Songs (1977), Bach: Cantatas Nos. 170 & 177 (1981), Dowland: Songs for Tenor and Lute (1988), Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae Op. 10 (1994), and Canti Gregoriani - Il Vespro della Beata Vergine (2012).
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- L'Orfeo, favola in musica, Act 3: Dove, ah, dove ten vai (Orfeo) featuring Charles Medlam
- L'Orfeo, favola in musica, Act 3: Scorto da te, moi nume (Orfeo) featuring Charles Medlam
- Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. "Erbarme dich" featuring James Bowman
- Selva morale e spirituale, Venetia 1640: Psalmus 112: Laudate pueri (secondo) a 5 featuring Emma Kirkby
- L'Orfeo, favola in musica, Act 2: Tu sei morta (Orfeo) featuring Charles Medlam
- Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. "Buà und Reu" featuring James Bowman
- Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 5, Rezitativ. "Du lieber Heiland du" featuring James Bowman
- Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda featuring Reinhard Goebel
- L'Orfeo, favola in musica, Act 4: Pietade, oggi e amore (Coro/Spirito) featuring Charles Medlam
- Una stravaganza dei Medici (The 1589 Florentine Intermedi), V. Arion and the Dolphin: 5. Dunque fra torbide onde (Jacopo Peri) featuring Roger Covey-Crump
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 4, If My Complaints Could Passions Move
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 15, Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 20, Come Heavy Sleep
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 11, Come Away, Come Sweet Love
- The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 12, Fine Knacks for Ladies
- The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 3, Sorrow, Stay
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 19, Awake Sweet Love
- The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 3, My Thoughts Are Winged with Hopes
- The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 6, When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
- The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 1, I Saw My Lady Weep
- The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 19, Shall I Sue
- The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 2, Flow My Tears
- A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 4, Love Those Beams
- The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 15, Weep You No More Sad Fountains
