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International Classical Music Awards
2025
Nominated - Vocal Music

Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg

Thomas, Ambroise: Hamlet, Act 3: Récitatif. "J'ai pu frapper le misérable" - Air. "Être ou ne pas être" (Hamlet)
Gounod: Faust, Act 2: Récitatif. "Ô sainte médaille" - Air. "Avant de quitter ces lieux" (Valentin)
Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act 2: "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (Fritz)
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Look Through the Port" (Billy)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Act 1: Ballade. "Mab, la reine des mensonges" (Mercutio)
Duparc: Chanson triste
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3: Aria. "Hai già vinta la causa" (Almaviva)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Canzonetta. "Deh vieni alla finestra" (Don Giovanni)
Messager: Monsieur Beaucaire, Prologue: Chanson de la rose rouge. "Au jardin où les fleurs sont écloses" (Beaucaire)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2. "Papagena! Weibchen! Täubchen!" (Papageno, Die drei Knaben) & Duett. "Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena" (Papageno, Papagena)
Rodgers, R: Carousel, Act 1: "Soliloquy" (Billy)
Mahler: 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

“Contemplation has enabled a powerful introspection within me, etching a path to my innermost self. It is with great anticipation that I now reveal this path, in the hope of forging a heartfelt connection with you. I present this to you, imbued with the sincerity of my emotion, and extend an invitation for you to accompany me on this journey.” – Huw Montague Rendall

Contemplation is the debut album for Huw Montague Rendall, showcasing his multifaceted talent and stylistic sensitivity.

It spans three centuries, the idioms of opera, operetta, Broadway musical, lied and mélodie with arias and songs by Mozart, Thomas, Gounod, Duparc, Messager, Mahler, Korngold, Rodgers and Britten.

In a duet from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte the baritone is joined by Canadian soprano Elisabeth Boudreault.

“A voice of exhilarating beauty” – ResMusica

“a fantastic talent” – Le Figaro

"Montague Rendall’s characterisations are consistently focused and tellingly insightful throughout...It’s a superb recital and a most distinguished debut, and I cannot recommend it too highly." - Gramophone Magazine, November 2024