John Riley-Schofield
John Riley-Schofield (born July 28, 1954 in Bradford , Yorkshire , Great Britain , † September 12, 2005 in Edwardsburg , Michigan ) was a British opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Riley-Schofield began taking piano and singing lessons at the age of nine. He has received several awards, for example from the University of Huddersfield , the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music . He sang at the English National Opera in London and the De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam . He became known with various works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Elgar, Walton, Saint-Saens and Brahms.
The English baritone was a member of the Gelsenkirchen music theater in the Revier from 1986 to 2001 . Since 2002 he has taught at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. He also conducted the "Notre Dame Opera".
Riley-Schofield was married to the German Britta Sporkmann. He was killed in a car accident.
Web links
- John Riley-Schofield at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- "John Riley-Schofield of ND's music faculty dies in accident" (University of Notre Dame)
- "Voice professor dies in accident" (The Observer)
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| SURNAME | Riley-Schofield, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradford , Yorkshire , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 2005 |
| Place of death | Edwardsburg , Michigan |