ABOUT Andrew
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Andrew is a freelance 0peratic bass with a wide breadth of repertoire and experience.
Andrew studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he was a member of the Alexander Gibson Opera School, graduating in 2013. Whilst there he was the recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship. Recent operatic performances have included Collatinus in the Rape of Lucretia at Grimeborn opera festival, Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro at Nevill Holt Opera and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia at the Arcola Theatre in London. Other performances have included Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro at the Kilden theatre Norway, Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin and Antonio in le nozze di Figaro with Garsington Opera, Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Pop-up Opera, Talpa in Il Tabarro at Wexford Festival Opera, Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Bohemia and Russian Father in Death in Venice at Garsington Opera, In Scotland Andrew performed as Falstaff in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Mendoza in Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, Seneca in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Snug the Joiner in Britten's A Midsummers Night’s Dream, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte. He has performed as a member of many eminent operatic companies, including Bayreuther Festspiele, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Independent Opera. |
Andrew is also a very experienced oratorio singer having performed a wide range of repertoire with notable performances including Hayden's Nelson Mass with the Oxford Bach Choir, Hayden's Creation in Glasgow University Chapel, Bach's St John Passion at Arundel Cathedral and Paisley Abbey, Bach's Magnificat in D at King's Place London and Handel's Messiah at St Mary le Tower Ipswich.
Andrew was involved in music from a young age, starting as a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral. In 2005 he was appointed as a Choral Scholar at King’s College Cambridge, whilst studying for a BA in History. Future projects include performing as Gravedigger in Silbersee by Kurt Weil with English Touring Opera and as the king in Aurora by Noah Mosley. |
PRESS
"Andrew Tipple made a highly believable, violent Capellio, yet his resonant bass voice clearly caressed Bellini's vocal line and he sang with some style." Planet Hugill
"....Andrew Tipple's devastated Collatinus added to the emotional impact." Guardian
".....and the warm solidity of Andrew Tipple’s bass opens the way for the King’s transition from overbearing father to loving parent."
The Stage
"...standout performances.... Andrew Tipple’s warm and steady bass as Seneca" BachTrack
"...the vocal bass line, in particular provided just the right degree of incisive anchoring. Indeed, both the basses had some star solo moments, Andrew Tipple’s rendering of Dein Geburtstag ist erschienen in the Cantata was full of rounded sonorities."
MusicOMH
"Andrew Tipple as a fittingly dignified Sarastro displayed a rich, even tone throughout" Bach Track
"Andrew Tipple shone as Somnus with his rich and full bass and gave us moments of
tenderness as he contemplated Pasithea while hugging his sleeping bag like a teddy bear"
Bach Track
"Andrew Tipple made a highly believable, violent Capellio, yet his resonant bass voice clearly caressed Bellini's vocal line and he sang with some style." Planet Hugill
"....Andrew Tipple's devastated Collatinus added to the emotional impact." Guardian
".....and the warm solidity of Andrew Tipple’s bass opens the way for the King’s transition from overbearing father to loving parent."
The Stage
"...standout performances.... Andrew Tipple’s warm and steady bass as Seneca" BachTrack
"...the vocal bass line, in particular provided just the right degree of incisive anchoring. Indeed, both the basses had some star solo moments, Andrew Tipple’s rendering of Dein Geburtstag ist erschienen in the Cantata was full of rounded sonorities."
MusicOMH
"Andrew Tipple as a fittingly dignified Sarastro displayed a rich, even tone throughout" Bach Track
"Andrew Tipple shone as Somnus with his rich and full bass and gave us moments of
tenderness as he contemplated Pasithea while hugging his sleeping bag like a teddy bear"
Bach Track