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Ashley Riches - Bass-baritone

St John's Smith Square, 29-Mar-2024 / 14:30

Bach: St John Passion

Royal Festival Hall, 16-Mar-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 12-Feb-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 29-Jan-2024 / 19:30

An all Handel programme

Royal Albert Hall, 3-Sep-2023 / 16:00

Berlioz: The Trojans (235 mins)

Barbican Hall, 12-May-2023 / 19:30

Cadogan Hall, 9-May-2023 / 19:30

St John's Smith Square, 7-Apr-2023 / 14:30

Bach: St John Passion

Cadogan Hall, 10-Nov-2022 / 19:30

Favourite pieces

performed

Bach's St John Passion BWV245 performed in 2022, April (15) with Polyphony, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rowan Pierce and conductor Stephen Layton at St John's Smith Square, and in 2022 (April, 1) with The English Concert at the Wigmore Hall, and in 2019 (April) with Polyphony, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Nick Pritchard as Evangelist, Neal Davies as Christ, Rowan Pierce, tennor Ruairi Bowen at St John's Smith Square, and in 2018 March with Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Nick Pritchard as Evangelist, Neal Davies as Christus, Julia Doyle - Soprano and Helen Charlston - Mezzo soprano at St John's Smith Square.

Royal Albert Hall, 29-Oct-2022 / 19:30

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Toby Purser - Conductor, Ailish Tynan, Patricia Bardon - Mezzo Soprano, Peter Auty - Tenor, Ashley Riches - Bass

Wigmore Hall, 27-Sep-2022 / 19:30

  • Purcell and John Blow

Royal Albert Hall, 19-Aug-2022 / 19:00

Handel: Solomon (145 mins)

Wigmore Hall, 31-May-2022 / 19:30

  • Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate K165

Alexandra Palace Theatre, 23-Jan-2022 / 15:00

  • Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn

Wigmore Hall, 10-Jan-2022 / 19:30

  • Bach

Mr. Riches's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic

On the 12th of April 2021 at the Barbican Hall.

On the 18th of December 2020 with Rowan Pierce, Iestyn Davies and Ben Johnson at the Barbican Hall.

On the 11th of December 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 23rd of May 2020 with James Gilchrist at St John's Smith Square.

On the 10th of April 2020 with Robert Murray as Evangelist, Neal Davies as Jesus, Mary Bevan and Iestyn Davies at St John's Smith Square.

On the 26th of March 2020 with Ian Bostridge at Milton Court Concert Hall.

Cadogan Hall, 2-Nov-2021 / 19:30

  • Mozart:
    • Ave verum corpus K618
    • Vesperae solennes de confessore K339
    • Requiem K626

Wigmore Hall, 22-Oct-2021 / 19:30

  • Purcell
  • Handel

Ashley Riches performed with Mary Bevan on the 28th of September 2021.

Mr. Riches performed in Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage with Robert Murray and the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 25-Sep-2021

Wigmore Hall, 24-Mar-2021 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Joseph Middleton

  • Schubert:
    • Strophe aus Die Götter Griechenlands D677
    • Auf dem Flusse
  • Britten, Brahms, Finzi

Mr. Riches performed:

  • > the role of Don Inigo Gomez, a banker with Grange Park Opera in Ravel's L’heure Espagnole on the 19th of March 2021 at Howard Walwyn, 123 Kensington Church Street.
  • > with Rowan Pierce, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, the Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of AAM and Richard Egarr on the 19th of December 2020 at the Barbican Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 19-Oct-2020 / 13:00

Recital with pianist Sholto Kynoch

  • Dvořák: Gypsy Songs Op. 55
  • Poulenc: Chansons villageoises
  • Ravel: Chants populaires
  • Ives:
    • In the Alley, Charlie Rutlage, The Side Show, On the Counter
    • The Circus Band
    • The things our fathers loved

Mr. Riches performed the role of Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen at the London Coliseum in various performances in March 2020.

Ashley Riches was replaced by Benjamin Appl. for a concert on the 1st of February 2020 at the Wigmore Hall. He

Royal Festival Hall, 15-Mar-2020 / 14:00

  • Beethoven:
    • Ah! perfido, Op.65
    • Piano Concerto No.4
    • Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus from Mass in C
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen - Conductor
  • Andreas Haefliger - Piano
  • Stuart Jackson - Tenor, Ashley Riches - Baritone
  • Philharmonia Voices, Rodolfus Choir

Ashley Riches sang:

  • > in Handel's Messiah with Katherine Watson and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at the Barbican Hall on 11-Dec-2019.
  • > in Purcell's King Arthur with Rowan Pierce at St. John's Smith Square on the 30th of October 2019. But, see Anna Dennis for details.
  • > at the Royal Albert Hall on the 2nd of September 2019. For information about this concert see Matthew Rose.

Royal Festival Hall, 28-May-2019 / 19:30

Verdi: Requiem

Mr. Riches gave a recital including songs by Parry, Gurney, Butterworth, Moeran and others with pianist Joseph Middleton on the 25th of February 2019 at the Purcell Room.

Royal Festival Hall, 10-Feb-2019 / 19:30

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Wigmore Hall, 20-Nov-2018 / 19:30

Mr. Riches performed:

Mr. Riches performed in Walton's Belshazzar's Feast with The Philharmonia Orchestra and Barts Choir at the Royal Festival Hall on the 17th of May 2018.

Mr. Riches performed:

Barbican Hall, 3-Oct-2017 / 19:00

Purcell: King Arthur

He made his BBC Proms debut at the concert for which the details are below.

Royal Albert Hall, 8-Aug-2017

Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (sung in French)

For still unknown reasons, but definitely not for the ability to sing the part, Ashley Riches' name was withdrawn from Handel's Israel in Egypt at the Royal Albert Hall on the 1st of August 2017. For information about this concert see Rowan Pierce.

In June 2017 Mr. Riches performed the role of Don Giovanni at Opera Holland Park to great critical acclaim.

Wigmore Hall, 17-Jan-2017

  • Mozart: Grabmusik K42
  • Gluck: Alceste; No, crudel, non posso vivere
  • Bach: Carattaco; Sopra quell capo indegno
  • Haydn: Stabat Mater HXXbis
    • No. 6 Vidit suum
    • No. 11 Flammis orci
  • Classical Opera
  • Ian Page - Conductor
  • Gemma Summerfield - Soprano
  • Stuart Jackson - Tenor
  • Ashley Riches

Milton Court, 21-May-2016

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Mr. Riches performed on the 17th of May 2018.

St John’s Smith Square, 20-Nov-2015

Rameau: Castor et Pollux

Barbican Hall, 6-Dec-2014