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David Rendall (born 11 October 1948) is an
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Personal life and education

Although he sang in a
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group while in secondary school, Rendall originally had no intention to sing opera professionally. He was "discovered" while working at the
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, sorting records for ''
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''. A producer for the show heard him singing "Questa o quella" from ''
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'' while working, and suggested he study professionally. Rendall entered the
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in 1970, and the
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in 1973. He won a Young Musician of the Year Award from the Greater London Arts Association in 1973 and received a Gulbenkian Fellowship in 1975. In May 1978 he sang the tenor part of Anton Bruckner's Te Deum under the baton of Herbert von Karajan during a performance at Musikverein Hall of Vienna with Vienna Philharmonic.


Performing career

At
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, Rendall sang the roles of the Italian singer in ''
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'', Almaviva in ''
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'', Des Grieux in ''
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'', Matteo in ''
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'', Rodrigo in ''
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'', Flamand in '' Capriccio'', and the Duke in ''
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''. After making his
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debut in 1980 as Ernesto in ''
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'', he returned as Don Ottavio in ''
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'', subsequently performing Lensky in ''
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'', Matteo in ''Arabella'', Ferrando in ''
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'' and the title role of ''
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''. He also performed with the
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from 1976 to 1992, with the
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in the death scene of '' I Pagliacci'' during a rehearsal with the
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opera company used failed to collapse, and the baritone received a cut into his abdomen. Julian recovered and police cleared Rendall of any wrongdoing. He suffered injuries from a collapsing stage set during an April 2005 performance on stage in Copenhagen, and his career was subsequently curtailed. Rendall returned to performance in June 2013. Rendall is married to the British lyric mezzo-soprano
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. Their son is the baritone Huw Montague Rendall.


Recordings

Rendall's recordings include Berlioz, Requiem in 1979 conducted by Michael Gielen, ''
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'' with
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and the
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in 1982 and ''
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'' with
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and the
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in 1985.


See also

* Mozart: ''Così fan tutte'' (Alain Lombard recording) * ''
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'', Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4538, 2009


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rendall, David 1948 births English operatic tenors Living people Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni 20th-century British male opera singers 21st-century British opera singers 21st-century British male opera singers