British tenor Alan Oke made his Royal Opera debut in 1983 as Jester (Maxwell Davies’s Taverner). He returned in 2003 to sing First Man in Armour (Die Zauberflöte) and has since sung Dancing Master (Ariadne auf Naxos), Gherardo (Gianni Schicchi), J. Howard Marshall II (Anna Nicole), Bob Boles (Peter Grimes), Tinca (Il tabarro), Hiereus (The Minotaur) and Father Confessor (Dialogues des Carmélites) for The Royal Opera.

Alan Oke British-born tenor

Alan Oke was born in London and raised in Scotland. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and went on to further studies with Hans Hotter in Munich. He began his career as a baritone, making the transition to tenor in 1992. His repertory includes Rodolfo (La bohème), Alfredo (La traviata), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Števa Buryja (Jenůfa), Boris (Kát’a Kabanová), Gandhi (Satyagraha), Gustav von Aschenbach (Death in Venice), the four servants (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) and Schoolmaster (The Cunning Little Vixen).

He has sung for such companies as Glyndebourne Festival, Scottish Opera, Opera North, English National Opera, Canadian Opera Company and Metropolitan Opera, New York, in addition to appearances at the Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Brighton, Bregenz and Ravenna festivals and the BBC Proms.

Oke is a leading interpreter of 20th-century and contemporary repertory, with engagements including Chairman Mao (Nixon in China) for the BBC Proms and the Berlin Festival, Caliban (The Tempest) for the Metropolitan Opera and Prince/Manservant/Marquis (Lulu) for Welsh National Opera. In 2013 he made his role debut as Peter Grimes on the beach at Aldeburgh for Aldeburgh Festival. Oke lives in Edinburgh and is an ardent cinema fan.

Experienced performances

Metropolitan Opera

Met Performance] CID:352520 Satyagraha {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2008 Debut: Alan Oke Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352705  The Queen of Spades {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/2008 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:352710 The Queen of Spades {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352719 The Queen of Spades {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352727 The Queen of Spades {63} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352734 The Queen of Spades {64} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352742 The Queen of Spades {65} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352747 The Queen of Spades {66} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352771  Die Zauberflöte {388} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2008 Debut: Nicole Cabell

[Met Performance] CID:352779 Die Zauberflöte {389} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2008 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:352783 Die Zauberflöte {390} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352794 Die Zauberflöte {391} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352795 Die Zauberflöte {392} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353209  New Production Les Contes d’Hoffmann {241} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2009 Debut: Michael Todd Simpson Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353215 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {242} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/07/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353225 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {243} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353248 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {244} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353239  Les Contes d’Hoffmann {245} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/2009 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:353263 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {247} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353268 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {248} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2009 Debut: David Pomeroy Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353273 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {249} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/02/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353699 Die Zauberflöte {401} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/2010 Debuts: Erik Nielsen, Noah Sadik, Seth Ewing-Crystal Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353706 Die Zauberflöte {402} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/24/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353708 Die Zauberflöte {403} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/28/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353709 Die Zauberflöte {404} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2010 Debut: Audrey Luna

[Met Performance] CID:353715 Die Zauberflöte {405} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353720 Die Zauberflöte {406} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354500  The Makropulos Case {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2012 Debuts: Emalie Savoy, Johan Reuter Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354509 The Makropulos Case {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2012 Debut: Christopher Feigum

[Met Performance] CID:354516 The Makropulos Case {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354524 The Makropulos Case {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/08/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354527 The Makropulos Case {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354601   Metropolitan Opera Premiere The Tempest {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2012 Debuts: Thomas Adès, Alek Shrader, Jasmine Catudal, Kym Barrett, Michel Beaulieu, David Leclerc, Crystal Pite Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:354607 The Tempest {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354616 The Tempest {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354620 The Tempest {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/03/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354637 The Tempest {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/06/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354646  The Tempest {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/10/2012 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:354655 The Tempest {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354662 The Tempest {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2012

[Met Performance] CID:355667 Le Nozze di Figaro {469} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/04/2014 Debut: Rachel Willis-Sorensen, Serena Malfi

[Met Performance] CID:355665 Le Nozze di Figaro {470} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355684 Le Nozze di Figaro {471} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/2014

[Met Performance] CID:356105 New Production Lulu {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/05/2015 Debuts: Daniel Brenna, Julian Close, Joanna Dudley, Andrea Fabi Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356112 Lulu {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/09/2015 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356123 Lulu {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/2015

[Met Performance] CID:356129 Lulu {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2015 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356139  Lulu {41} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/2015 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:356145 Lulu {42} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2015

[Met Performance] CID:356149 Lulu {43} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/28/2015

[Met Performance] CID:356160 Lulu {44} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2015

[Met Performance] CID:356690 New production Der Rosenkavalier {385} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2017 Debuts: Markus Brück, Helene Schneiderman, Scott Conner, Billy Conahan, Patrick Stoffer, Sidney Fortner, Tom Watson, Scott Conner, Edward Hanlon, Marco Jordão Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356694 Der Rosenkavalier {386} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356699 Der Rosenkavalier {387} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2017 Debut: Timothy Harvey

[Met Performance] CID:356703 Der Rosenkavalier {388} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2017 Debut: Inna Yesilievskaya

[Met Performance] CID:356706 Der Rosenkavalier {389} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356710 Der Rosenkavalier {390} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356714 Der Rosenkavalier {391} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356720 Der Rosenkavalier {392} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/09/2017 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356724  Der Rosenkavalier {393} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/13/2017 HD Simulcast

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