Christopher Watt Purves was born on 11 October 1961 and is an English bass-baritone.
10 Facts About Christopher Purves
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Christopher Purves sang as a boy treble in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, where he was later a choral scholar, studying English literature.
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Christopher Purves graduated BA in 1983, promoted to MA in 1987.
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Christopher Purves sang with Opera North in several productions in the seasons 1997 to 2004 and later.
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Christopher Purves performed with The Sixteen and has an extensive discography.
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Christopher Purves featured on the CD cover as Figaro in Opera in English's release of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in 2004.
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Christopher Purves was one of the artists on the Lamenti recital which won Record of the Year in 2009 at France's Victoires de la musique classique.
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Christopher Purves premiered the role of Protector in George Benjamin's 2012 opera, Written on Skin, and the role of Walt Disney in Philip Glass's 2013 opera The Perfect American.
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In 2016, Christopher Purves was the bass soloist in Beethoven's Ninth at the Proms and later in the year played the title character in Don Giovanni with ENO.
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In 1993, Christopher Purves married Edwina Vernon, company manager at the English National Opera, and they set up home in a flat in Stoke Newington.