Geoffrey Haydn Moses (born 24 September 1952) is a

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classical singer and former first-class

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er. Moses was born in September 1952 at Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. He was educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School, before going up to read history at

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. While studying at Cambridge, he played

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for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1974, making three appearances. He had one match of note, taking a

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in The University Match against

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. In his three matches, he took a total of 9 wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling. He also made a single List A one-day appearance for Cambridge in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against

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, taking the wickets of Geoff Greenidge and

Mark Faber Mark James Julian Faber (15 August 1950 – 10 December 1991) was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Sussex from 1970 to 1976. Faber attended Summer Fields School. He appeared in 78 first-class matches as a right-handed ...

for the cost of 49 runs from 11 overs, with Sussex winning the match by 186 runs. After graduating from Cambridge, he taught at

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. He subsequently trained to become an operatic

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singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under

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; he later privately studied under

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. Moses has sung with all the major British opera companies, including

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, the

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, as well as performing at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, Geoffrey 1952 births Living people People from Abercynon People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Welsh cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Welsh schoolteachers Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Welsh operatic baritones 20th-century Welsh male opera singers 21st-century Welsh male opera singers