Christopher Purves is best known to Opera North audiences for his performance as Balstrode in the award-winning Peter Grimes. Most recently he has won acclaim in the title role of Wozzeck at WNO.

“…He sings the notes with beautiful, firm, dark tone and creates a pitiful figure of heroic fortitude, until he snaps.”   The Sunday Times

"Simon Lepper, whose prowess as a pianist is fused with real sensitivity to the words and to the voice, is a rarity indeed." The Times

Baritone, Christopher Purves and pianist, Simon Lepper bring Franz Schubert’s dark and mysterious final collection of songs to life. Schwanengesang depicts a journey into the human heart, made up of a series of beautiful glimpses and moments, balancing between enlightening and unnerving.

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