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'''Harry Bicket''' (born 1961, [[Liverpool]], [[England]]) is a British [[Conducting|conductor]], [[harpsichordist]] and [[organist]].
'''Harry Bicket''' (born 1961, [[Liverpool]], [[England]]) is a British [[Conducting|conductor]], [[harpsichordist]] and [[organist]]. He is particularly associated with the [[baroque]] and [[Classical music|classical]] repertoire.


Bicket was educated at [[Radley College]], [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he was organ scholar, and the [[Royal College of Music]]. Before [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] he was organ scholar at [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel, Windsor]], and afterwards he was sub-organist at [[Westminster Abbey]], during which time he performed at the [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York#Marriage|wedding]] of [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]] and [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]].
Bicket was educated at [[Radley College]], [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he was organ scholar, and the [[Royal College of Music]]. Before [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] he was organ scholar at [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel, Windsor]], and afterwards he was sub-organist at [[Westminster Abbey]], during which time he performed at the [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York#Marriage|wedding]] of [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]] and [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]].


As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars’ production of [[Handel]]'s opera ''[[Theodora (Handel)|Theodora]]'' with [[Dawn Upshaw]], [[Lorraine Hunt Lieberson]] and [[David Daniels (countertenor)|David Daniels]], at the [[Glyndebourne Festival]] in 1996. He has since conducted in many other opera houses and concert halls. He has become especially associated with the [[baroque]] and [[Classical music|classical]] repertoire. In 2003, Bicket was conductor for the revival of ''Theodora'' at Glyndebourne.<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1017020,00.html Andrew Clements, "Theodora". ''The Guardian'', 12 August 2003.]</ref>
As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars' production of [[Handel]]'s opera ''[[Theodora (Handel)|Theodora]]'' with [[Dawn Upshaw]], [[Lorraine Hunt Lieberson]] and [[David Daniels (countertenor)|David Daniels]], at the [[Glyndebourne Festival]] in 1996. In 2003, Bicket made his [[Covent Garden]] debut conducting [[Handel]]'s ''[[Orlando (opera)|Orlando]]'' with the [[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]] (OAE).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/oct/08/classicalmusicandopera | title=Orlando (Royal Opera House, London) | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2003-10-08 | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> In 2004, Bicket first guest-conducted at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in a production of ''Rodelinda'' with [[Renée Fleming]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E0D71631F937A35751C1A9629C8B63 | title=Handel Discovers Big Home At the Met | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2004-12-04 | accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>


In October 2006, Bicket was named music director of [[The English Concert]], and formally assumed the post in September 2007, his first orchestral directorship. He first worked with The English Concert as a harpsichordist in 1984. Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with The English Concert for harmonia mundi.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/10/bach-cantatas-watts-review | title=Bach: Cantatas and Arias – review | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=2011-03-10 | accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>
In 2003, Bicket made his [[Covent Garden]] debut conducting [[Handel]]'s ''[[Orlando (opera)|Orlando]]'' with the [[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]] (OAE),<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1058345,00.html Andrew Clements, "Orlando". ''The Guardian'', 8 October 2003.]</ref> a production that was nominated for "Best New Opera Production" in the 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards. Bicket's engagements with the OAE have also included Handel's ''Theodora'' and ''[[Rodelinda (opera)|Rodelinda]]'' for the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]]. In 2005, Bicket made his debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] conducting ''Rodelinda'' with [[Renée Fleming]].


Bicket first guest-conducted at Santa Fe Opera (SFO) in 2004, in a production of ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]''. He returned to SFO as conductor for subsequent productions of ''[[Platée]]'' (2007) and ''Radamisto'' (2008). In April 2013, SFO named Bicket its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013.<ref name="SFO">{{cite press release | url=http://www.santafeopera.org/thecompany/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=8250 | title=Chief Conductor Announced | publisher=Santa Fe Opera | date=25 April 2013 | accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>. Although the formal press release did not indicate a specific time length of Bicket's initial contract, SFO general director [[Charles MacKay (arts administrator)|Charles MacKay]] stated an informal duration of 4-5 years.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/article_dab153da-b28e-59d8-9204-0240a748fed9.html | title=Harry Bicket named new chief conductor of Santa Fe Opera | work=Santa Fe New Mexican | author=Anne Constable | date=2013-04-24 | accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>
His recordings include performances conducting the OAE of recitals by Renée Fleming<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/observer/story/0,,1323764,00.html Anthony Holden, "Handel, Arias". ''The Observer'', 10 October 2004.]</ref><ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1348804,00.html Edward Greenfield, "Handel: Arias from Semele, Scipione, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Lotario, Alexander Balus, etc, Fleming/ OAE/ Bicket". ''The Guardian'', 12 November 2004.]</ref> and [[Lorraine Hunt Lieberson]].<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/observer/story/0,,1227570,00.html Anthony Holden, "Handel: Arias, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson". ''The Observer'', 30 May 2004.]</ref>


In addition to recording with The English Concert, Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with other ensembles for various labels, including Decca<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/oct/10/classicalmusicandopera | title=Handel, Arias | work=The Observer | author=Anthony Holden | date=2004-10-09 | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/nov/12/classicalmusicandopera.shopping3 | title=Handel: Arias from Semele, Scipione, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Lotario, Alexander Balus, etc, Fleming/ OAE/ Bicket| work=The Guardian | author=Edward Greenfield | date=2004-11-11 | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref>, Avie<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/may/30/classicalmusicandopera2 | title=Handel: Arias, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | work=The Observer | author=Anthony Holden | date=2004-05-29 | accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref>, and EMI.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/aug/10/classicalmusicandopera.shopping | title=Handel: Arias; Bostridge/ OAE/ Bicket | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=2007-08-09 | accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>
In October 2006, Bicket was named the next director of [[The English Concert]], effective as of September 2007. He first worked with the ensemble as a harpsichordist in 1984. This position is his first orchestral directorship. He lives in London.


Bicket and his wife Audrey de Nazelle, an environmental scholar at [[Imperial College London]], have a daughter, Amelia.<ref name="SFO"/> The family reside in London.
April 24, 2013. Santa Fe, NM. General Director Charles MacKay announced today that the eminent conductor Harry Bicket will be The Santa Fe Opera’s next Chief Conductor. Mr. Bicket’s appointment becomes effective October 1, 2013; he returns to the podium in the summer of 2014 when he will conduct Beethoven’s Fidelio.<ref>http://www.santafeopera.org/thecompany/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=8250</ref>


==References==
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==Selected reviews==
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,700042,00.html Andrew Clements, "Meandering meaning". ''The Guardian'', 16 May 2000 (''Radamisto'').]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,223079,00.html Fiona Maddocks, "So, Sigmund, why do children suffer?". ''The Observer'', 21 May 2000 (''Radamisto'').]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,701880,00.html Tim Ashley, "And Mozart made five". ''The Guardian'', 30 May 2000 ('' The Philosopher's Stone'').]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,704482,00.html Erica Jeal, "Le Nozze di Figaro". ''The Guardian'', 10 October 2001 (Glyndebourne Touring Opera production).]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,596447,00.html Fiona Maddocks, "Who cares where the pin is anyway?" ''The Observer'', 18 November 2001 (''Le Nozze di Figaro'', Glyndebourne Touring Opera production).]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,705488,00.html Rian Evans, "La Clemenza di Tito". ''The Guardian'', 22 February 2002 (Welsh National Opera production).]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,837560,00.html Tom Service, "Xerxes". ''The Guardian'', 11 November 2002 (English National Opera production).]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://nyphil.org/attend/season/index.cfm?page=eventDetail&eventNum=966&seasonNum=6 New York Philharmonic brief biography on Harry Bicket, December 2006.]
*[http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/conductors/harry-bicket Askonas Holt agency biography of Harry Bicket]
*[http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/conductors/harry-bicket Biography of Harry Bicket] on the Askonas Holt website
*[http://www.radley.org.uk/OR/Lusimus/Lus8/conductors.html Stephen Clarke, 'Becoming Conductors', ''Lusimus: The Radley Newsletter'' Issue 8 (January 2004)]
*[http://www.radley.org.uk/OR/Lusimus/Lus8/conductors.html Stephen Clarke, 'Becoming Conductors', ''Lusimus: The Radley Newsletter'' Issue 8 (January 2004)]


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Harry Bicket (born 1961, Liverpool, England) is a British conductor, harpsichordist and organist. He is particularly associated with the baroque and classical repertoire.

Bicket was educated at Radley College, Christ Church, Oxford, where he was organ scholar, and the Royal College of Music. Before Oxford he was organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor, and afterwards he was sub-organist at Westminster Abbey, during which time he performed at the wedding of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.

As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars' production of Handel's opera Theodora with Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and David Daniels, at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1996. In 2003, Bicket made his Covent Garden debut conducting Handel's Orlando with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE).[1] In 2004, Bicket first guest-conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in a production of Rodelinda with Renée Fleming.[2]

In October 2006, Bicket was named music director of The English Concert, and formally assumed the post in September 2007, his first orchestral directorship. He first worked with The English Concert as a harpsichordist in 1984. Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with The English Concert for harmonia mundi.[3]

Bicket first guest-conducted at Santa Fe Opera (SFO) in 2004, in a production of Agrippina. He returned to SFO as conductor for subsequent productions of Platée (2007) and Radamisto (2008). In April 2013, SFO named Bicket its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013.[4]. Although the formal press release did not indicate a specific time length of Bicket's initial contract, SFO general director Charles MacKay stated an informal duration of 4-5 years.[5]

In addition to recording with The English Concert, Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with other ensembles for various labels, including Decca[6] [7], Avie[8], and EMI.[9]

Bicket and his wife Audrey de Nazelle, an environmental scholar at Imperial College London, have a daughter, Amelia.[4] The family reside in London.

References

  1. ^ Andrew Clements (2003-10-08). "Orlando (Royal Opera House, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  2. ^ Anthony Tommasini (2004-12-04). "Handel Discovers Big Home At the Met". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  3. ^ Tim Ashley (2011-03-10). "Bach: Cantatas and Arias – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  4. ^ a b "Chief Conductor Announced" (Press release). Santa Fe Opera. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  5. ^ Anne Constable (2013-04-24). "Harry Bicket named new chief conductor of Santa Fe Opera". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  6. ^ Anthony Holden (2004-10-09). "Handel, Arias". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  7. ^ Edward Greenfield (2004-11-11). "Handel: Arias from Semele, Scipione, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Lotario, Alexander Balus, etc, Fleming/ OAE/ Bicket". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  8. ^ Anthony Holden (2004-05-29). "Handel: Arias, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  9. ^ Tim Ashley (2007-08-09). "Handel: Arias; Bostridge/ OAE/ Bicket". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

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Preceded by Music Director, The English Concert
2007–present 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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