Stephen Varcoe
Stephen Varcoe studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and at the Guildhall School of Music, London. His recordings of Bach’s works include the Cantata series with Gardiner, St John Passion with Cleobury, St Matthew Passion with Goodwin and Mass in B minor and Magnificat with Hickox. In a long association with Peter Seymour he has performed all the great works of Bach, as well as many by Purcell and Handel; they have also appeared together in Lieder repertoire. His Baroque operatic appearances include Peri’s Euridice in Drottningholm, Monteverdi’s Orfeo in Tokyo, and Handel’s Orlando in Glasgow. He has also performed in Jonathan Miller’s staging of Bach’s St Matthew Passion in London and New York.