Jeremy White is an English

England

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 bass, with an international career in opera, concerts and recording. He is noted for the wide range of his repertoire, which ranges from early

Early music

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 to contemporary

Contemporary classical music

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 music.

White was born in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford. He has worked as a professional musician since graduation, spending many years as a member of the BBC Singers

BBC Singers

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. He debuted at the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

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, Covent Garden

Covent Garden

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 in 1991 and has sung at each subsequent season. Jeremy was one of the soloists who performed at the Gala Evening which inaugurated the newly re-opened house.

Off-stage, he is an instrumentalist and arranger of musical pieces, and is the Chair of the Trustees that run Spode Music Week

Spode Music Week

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.

Sources

• Richard Morrison, Review: Billy Budd at Glyndebourne, The Times
  The Times
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  , 21 May 2010
• Simon Thomas, Review: La Serva Padrona, Royal Opera, Linbury Studio, Music OMH, November 2006

External links

• Management website artist's page