Nigel Rogers

Nigel David Rogers (born 21 March 1935) is an English tenor, conductor, and teacher, who has made numerous recordings, mostly of early music.

A native of Wellington, Shropshire, Rogers studied at King's College, Cambridge (he was a choral scholar) from 1953–1956, in Rome in 1957, in Milan from 1958–1959, and with Gerhard Hüsch at the Munich Hochschule für Musik (1959–1961). From 1978 until his retirement he was a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1979 he founded the vocal ensemble Chiaroscuro for the performance of Italian baroque compositions.

References

• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997)

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