Anthony Negus

The story so far....

Born Buckingham, Anthony Negus studied at the Royal College of Music, the London Opera Centre and Christ Church College, Oxford.

Anthony was a member of the Music staff in Wuppertal and Hamburg from 1970-74 and musical assistant at Bayreuth 1972-73. He Joined Welsh National Opera in 1976.

As a Wagner enthusiast from youth he assisted Goodall on Die Walküre, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal (also the recordings) and Armstrong on Der Ring des Nibelungen.
For WNO (1982-86) he has conducted Parsifal, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Fidelio, The Magic Flute and The Greek Passion.

From 1987, Anthony assisted Sir Charles Mackerras and conducted performances of Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Seraglio, Idomeneo, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Iphigénie en Tauride and Der Freischütz.

In 1992 he assisted Pierre Boulez on Pelléas et Mélisande and did performances of Elektra and Tristan und Isolde.

For the Welsh College of Music and Drama (1991-8) he has conducted Albert Herring, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Suor Angelica.

Most recently for WNO Anthony conducted The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito, Leonore, Parsifal, Katya Kabanova and Ariadne auf Naxos.

For the Longborough Festival he conducted the Ring Cycle (CBTO version) in 2002 and again in 2004 with Sir Donald McIntyre as Wotan. He also conducted the same version for Pittsburgh Opera in Summer 2005 and 2006 , directed by Jonathan Eaton.
In March 2006 he conducted Parsifal with McIntyre and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for Welling Festival, New Zealand.

Future plans are to build a full Ring Cycle at Longborough, starting with Das Rheingold in June 2007.

For more about Anthony's forthcoming engagements please visit the diary page.