Cast Change: Jeremy Carpenter replaces Peter Coleman-Wright in ROH's Gloriana

Jeremy Carpenter

Australian baritone Peter Coleman-Wright has withdrawn from singing the role of Sir Robert Cecil for all performances of Britten's Gloriana. The role will now be sung by British baritone Jeremy Carpenter, marking his debut with The Royal Opera.

Jeremy Carpenter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under the tutelage of Ellis Keeler, Rudolf Piernay and David Pollard. He began the 2010/2011 season singing the role of Gérard in Andrea Chénier at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm with tremendous critical acclaim, followed by Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with the Angers Nantes Opéra. The last season included Escamillo in Carmen at the Royal Swedish Opera, followed by the same role at the Malmö Opera. During the current season he has returned to the Royal Swedish Opera for Carmen and sang Talpa in concert performances of Puccini's Il tabarro with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Harding. During the current spring he appears as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Grand Théâtre de Genève followed by Sir Robert Cecil in Britten's Gloriana at the ROH Covent Garden.

Tickets for Richard Jones’s new production of Gloriana went on sale last week and are available online. The production stars soprano Susan Bullock and tenor Toby Spence. Performances run from June 20th– July 6th.

Lee Poulis: "The Elixir of Love Those Shorts"

These photos are from a performance of the Elixir of Love at Theater Bonn, where barihunk Lee Poulis was performing as Belcore. Although we have no doubt that this talented young singer has a great career ahead of him, he can always work as a Calvin Klein underwear model if things don't work out.

Poulis is currently in Gelsenkirchen through June 27 playing Lord Mountjoy in Britten's "Gloriana." Although Poulis appears to be fully dressed in Gloriana, we did find this video still from the production. We're not quite sure who this is, but it seems tantalizing enough to add to this post and it's consistent with our underwear theme.

If legs aren't your thing, here are some shots of Lee Poulis in a suit and showing off his arms as Papageno (also from Bonn).

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