ARMAND RABOT
BARITONE
Armand Rabot is a British-Sri Lankan Baritone from the Northwest of England studying with Ben Johnson. Recently won the prestigious Grange Festival Prize and the First Prize,
Audience Prize and Language Prize at Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition. He also won the Junior Kathleen Ferrier Bursary award and was a Semi-Finalist in the London Mozart Competition. Armand will also perform at the Salzburger Festspiele as a member of the very prestigious Young Singers Project this summer.
Armand’s recent concert appearances include singing at Ann Murray’s Lifetime achievement award concert at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, recitals at Liverpool Philharmonic and the Charles Wood Festival, Elijah with Birkenhead Choral Society, the Mozart Requiem at
Liverpool Cathedral and Marple Choral Society, The Messiah with the Salford Choral Society, Birkenhead Choral Society and Shrewsbury Cathedral. Brahms Requiem and Puccini Messa Di Gloria with Formby Choral Society, The Creation with Keele Bach Choir, D’Astorga Stabat Mater with EMAE, Faure Requiem at Blackburn Cathedral, Mozart C minor Mass with the Amadeus Choir, Saint Saens’ Oratorio de Noel at Shrewsbury Cathedral and Bach Cantatas 62,158,32, The John Passion and the Matthew Passion with the Liverpool Bach Collective.
Upcoming operatic roles include Der Direktor Der Spieler at the Salzburger Festspiele. Littore and Familgiari 3 L’incoronazione di Poppea and Keeper of the Madhouse The Rakes Progress at The Grange Festival. Previous roles include Father Hänsel und Gretel (Hampstead Garden Opera), Narumov and covered Surin in The
Grange Festival’s performance of Queen of Spades. He has also sung Uberto La Serva Padrona with EMAE and at The Grange Festival covered Banquo Macbeth and William
Shadbolt Yeomen of the Guard. Roles with British Youth Opera include Pistol in Sir John in Love and Envy, Mistrust, Apollyon and 3 rd Shepherd in A Pilgrim’s Progress.