About
Lyric tenor Joshua Ellicott was born in Manchester and read Music at York University before continuing his vocal studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
No stranger to the opera stage, he works regularly with Opera North, most recently as Richard Dauntless (Ruddigore); other roles there have included Jaquino (Fidelio), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Sergei (Shostakovich’s Paradise Moscow).
Recent concerts include Bach’s St John Passion with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under Norrington at the 2014 BBC Proms; Fairy Queen at the Styriarte Festival Graz under Harnoncourt; Weill’s (The Seven Deadly Sins) and 3rd Squire (Parsifal) with the Hallé Orchestra under Elder; a Monteverdi Vespers tour under Haim; Andres (Wozzeck) and Shepherd and Sailor (Tristan and Isolde) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Salonen; Schubert’s Mass in E flat with Harding at the St Denis Festival; Mozart Requiem in Japan with Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Handel L' Allegro with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, and Handel’s Theodora with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, both under Montgomery; Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with the Gabrieli Consort under McCreesh; Handel’s Saul with The Sixteen, Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Saul with the Boston Handel and Haydn Society, all under Christophers.
Future plans include a return to Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society for the St Matthew Passion (Evangelist) under Christophers, Messiah concerts with the King’s Consort, the Sixteen under Christophers, and the B Minor Mass with the English Concert under Bicket.