Ed Lyon Explained

Ed Lyon is a British tenor.[1] Though known primarily for singing in baroque operas and oratorios, Lyon has also sung roles in operas by composers from Mozart and Haydn to Stravinsky and Britten.[2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Lyon comes from Yorkshire and attended Harrow School. He then studied history of art at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar, before training as a singer at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio.

Career

Within the United Kingdom, Ed Lyon has appeared for five of the country's six main opera companies. His roles on the main stage of the Royal Opera House include Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pane in La Calisto, Hylas in Les Troyens[5] and dancing master in Ariadne auf Naxos.[6] For Opera North, Lyon has sung Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, whilst appearances for Glyndebourne include Hippolyte in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie as well as various roles in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen.[7] Lyon has also sung Telemaco in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria for Welsh National Opera and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for Scottish Opera.[8] He returned to Scottish Opera in February 2016 to sing Lurcanio in Handel's Ariodante.

Outside of the UK, Lyon has sung for opera companies and at theatres including the Bavarian State Opera, the Dutch National Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra de Lille, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Aix-en-Provence Festival[9] and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, next to Shakespeare's Globe.[10] [11] [12]

Also active as a concert singer, Lyon's repertoire includes oratorios such as Handel's Messiah and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, as well as Latin-language religious music like Bach's Mass in B minor and Mozart's Requiem.

Personal life

Lyon is gay[1] and has a keen interest in pet dogs.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed Lyon Interview. Time Out. 19 July 2012. 24 February 2015. 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093305/https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/ed-lyon-interview. dead.
  2. Web site: Topped in translation: two new London operas make a case for English-language productions. Alexandra Coghlan. 10 February 2015. Ed Lyon and Samuel Boden reprise their roles as rival lovers – two young tenors with personality to match fine voices. New Statesman.
  3. Web site: Ed Lyon, also currently appearing in L’Ormindo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, is a superb Steersman who alongside revealing an excellent tenor voice throws himself more completely than most into the drunken revelries (and in this production splashing) in Act III.. Der fliegende Holländer @ Royal Opera House, London. musicOMH. 7 February 2015. Sam Smith.
  4. Web site: Der fliegende Holländer, Royal Opera House, review: An immersive and immersing experience. the contributions of Ed Lyon as the Steersman and Catherine Wyn-Rogers as Mary were outstanding. The Independent. Jessica Duchen. 10 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Love Lies in Carthage, but Duty Calls in Rome in Berlioz's 5-Act Epic. Anthony Tommasini. 26 June 2012. New York Times Music.
  6. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/ed-lyon Biography
  7. Web site: Ed Lyon. Groves Artists. 21 July 2020.
  8. News: Don Giovanni, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, review. Rupert Christiansen. 16 October 2013. The Daily Telegraph.
  9. Web site: Ed Lyon (Tenor) - Short Biography. Bach-cantatas.com. 21 July 2020.
  10. News: L'Ormindo, Royal Opera/Shakespeare's Globe, review. The Daily Telegraph. 26 March 2014. Rupert Christiansen. Ed Lyon displayed the appropriate machismo as the bumptious Amidas.
  11. Web site: L'Ormindo; Nash Ensemble; Belcea Quartet – review. The Observer. Fiona Maddocks. Fiona Maddocks. 30 March 2014.
  12. Web site: Tiny, candlelit and intimate: L'Ormindo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Alexandra Coughlan. 11 April 2014. New Statesman.
  13. Web site: YouTube interview. YouTube. 21 July 2020.

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