A former Winner of the Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, recent highlights of Marcus Farnsworth’s career include The Traveller in Deborah Warner’s staging of Curlew River at Aldeburgh Festival, a production seen on BBC TV; Clive Green in Jonathan Dove’s Uprising with Royal Scottish National Opera; the premiere of Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, also at Aldeburgh Festival; and Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos for his debut with Garsington Opera a t Wormsley.
He works regularly in recital with Libby Bugess and has appeared many times at Wigmore Hall including performing Britten’s Canticles with Julius Drake, and his recital engagements further include a UK tour of Schubert’s Winterreise with James Baillieu; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and La Monnaie with Julius Drake; Leeds Lieder with Graham Johnson; Snape Maltings with Malcolm Martineau; and the Fundacion Juan Mach, Madrid, with Sholto Kynoch. For English National Opera, he has sung English Clerk Death in Venice, Noye Noyes Fludde, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, Bill Bobstay HMS Pinafore and Strephon Iolanthe. Other companies with whom he has appeared include Longborough Festival Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Welsh National Opera, Bergen National Opera, Teatro Real Madrid and Boston Lyric Opera. He sings regularly in concert and has an extensive discography include John Adams’ Doctor Atomic with BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer; Bernstein’s Candide with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop; and Peter Grimes with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. Marcus Farnsworth is Founder and Artistic Director of the Southwell Music Festival.
