Patrick Ardagh-Walter
bass
Patrick Ardagh-Walter trained in baroque opera in Paris, singing roles at the Opéra Comique and Opéra de Metz. His enthusiasm for new music brought work with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Electric Phoenix, and as a soloist for BBC Radio 3 and other national broadcasters. For a decade he was bass of I Fagiolini, and performed and recorded with the Taverner Consort, Gothic Voices, Le Concert Spirituel and other early music ensembles. As bass of the Swingle Singers he recorded and toured worldwide, also performing in operas by Berio and Azio Corghi in Milan and Paris. He often sings with the chorus of the Royal Opera and can be heard on more than 50 CDs and numerous film soundtracks. He studies with David Jones in New York and Cathy Pope in London, and also teaches the Alexander Technique.
Photo: Trevor Goldstein
