Justin Lavender
Justin Lavender (born 4 June 1951) is an operatic tenor, a professor of vocal studies at the Royal College of Music and co-founder and Musical Director of Arcadian Opera.
He was educated at Bedford Modern School, Queen Mary College London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Although he initially intended to train as a nuclear engineer he was persuaded by Sir Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten to pursue a career in music.
Following his debut in 1980 as Nadir in Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles at the Sydney Opera House, Lavender has performed with most of the world's major orchestras and opera companies. In addition to his operatic performances, Lavender is a professor of vocal studies at the Royal College of Music, an honorary professor of the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University, and from 2009 to 2020 was vocal consultant to the Choir of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
In 2015 Lavender co-founded the community opera company, Arcadian Opera, which performs regularly at Stowe, Buckingham.
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Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act I: Aria. Dies Bildnis sind bezaubernd schön (The Magic Flute) - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Aria. Il mio tesoro intanto - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Idomeneo re di Creta, K. 366, Act I: Vedrommi intorno l'ombra dolente - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Idomeneo re di Creta, K. 366, Act II: Fuor del mar ho un mare in seno - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Idomeneo re di Creta, K. 366, Act III: Torna la pace - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Aria. Un'aura amorosa - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: Aria. Ah io veggio quell'anima bella - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act II: Cavatina. Tradito, schernito - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act I: Aria. Hier soll ich dich denn sehen (Abduction from the Seraglio) - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act I: O wie ängstlich (Abduction from the Seraglio) - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act II: Wenn der Freude Tranen fließen (Abduction from the Seraglio) - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act III: Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke (Abduction from the Seraglio) - Mozart: Operatic Arias -
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War and Peace, Op. 91: Overture - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 6: Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha, Natasha, Gavrila, Anatoly, Dolokhov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 8: Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon, Fyodor, Denisov, Prince Andrey, Matveyev, Vasil - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe, Bonnet, Jacqueau, Gérard, Young Factory Worker, Shopkeeper, Matveye - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 1: The radiance of the sky in spring… (Prince Andrey) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 6: A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova, Natasha, Gavrila, Pierre) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 8: Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: I must do the deed, or die (Pierre, Shopkeeper, Young Factory Worker, Dunyasha, Mavra Kuzminichna - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 1: I won't, I can't sleep (Natasha, Prince Andrey, Sonya) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 6: I've sought to avoid her (Pierre, Natasha, Sonya, Akhrosimova) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 8: It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor, Trishka, Tikhon, Pierre, Matveyev, Prince Andrey, First Gen - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau, Gérard, Matveyev, Ivanov, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 1: O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha, Prince Andrey) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 7: Picture the scene, Countess (Métivier, Hélène, Abbé, Pierre, Anatoly, Denisov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 8: Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre, Davout, Officer, Ivanov, K - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 2: St Petersburg. New Year's Eve - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Epigraph: The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 8: There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov, Adjutant, Prince Andrey, First Staff Officer, Secon - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre, Karatayev, Shopkeeper, Ramballe, Bonnet, First Actress, Sec - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 2: Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host, Count Rostov, Akhrosimova, Natasha, Sonya, Hélène, Anatoly, D - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 9: The wine is uncorked. We must drink it (Napoleon, Compans's Adjutant, Murat's Adjutant, Berthier, - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11: What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 2: Look, the colonel's dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Hélène, Anatoly, Count Rostov, D - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 10: And so, gentlemen, the question is… (Benigsen, Kutuzov, Barclay, Yermolov, Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 12: It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 2: Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha, Dolokhov, Pierre, Prince Andrey, Count Rostov, Anato - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 10: The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 12: Has fate really brought us together so strangely today… (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 2: When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Count Rostov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 10: When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 13: We've burnt our bridges.. (Ramballe, Bonnet, Pierre, Karatayev, Officer) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 3: The young Prince's fiancée (Old Footman, Housemaid, Valet, Count Rostov, Natasha, Princess Mariya) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 13: Hey! Hey! Hey! (Pierre, Denisov, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyasha, Vasilisa, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 3: Ah, Madam, young lady… (Prince Bolkonsky, Princess Mariya, Natasha, Count Rostov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 13: Dolokhov said that Hélène had passed away (Pierre, Denisov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 4: The charming, delightful Natasha (Hélène, Natasha, Count Rostov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 13: The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant, Denisov, Dolokhov, Vasilisa, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyash - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 4: She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha, Anatoly, Sonya, Count Rostov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 13: The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov, Chorus) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 5: At ten o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly, Dolokhov) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 5: Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha) - Prokofiev: War And Peace -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XVI - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XXXI - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XXX - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto LV - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XXXVIII - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XXXII - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: Sonetto XXIV - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Oh My Blacke Soule - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Batter My Heart - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: O Might Those Sighes and Teares - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Oh, To Vex Me - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: What If This Present - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Since She Whom I Loved - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Thou Hast Made Me - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Death. Be Not Proud - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Winter Words, Op. 52: At Day Close in November - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Winter Words, Op. 52: Midnight on the Great Western (or The Journeying Boy) - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Winter Words, Op. 52: Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Winter Words, Op. 52: The Little Old Table - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Winter Words, Op. 52: The Choirmaster's Burial (or The Tenor Man's Story) - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales) - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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At the Railway Station. Upway (or The Convict Boy and the Violin) - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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Before Life and After - Britten: Three Song Cycles -
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