Clifford Plumpton

Bass

Background: Born, Australia. Began vocal studies at Tasmanian Conservatorium; graduated from Sydney Conservatorium, 1998

OA Repertoire: Benoit/Customs Officer: La bohème, Usher: Rigoletto, Antonio: Le nozze di Figaro, Pooh-Bah: The Mikado, Love Policeman in Orpheus in the Underworld, Figaro: The Barber of Seville, Papageno/Armoured Man: The Magic Flute, Father: Hansel and Gretel, Strongman: Sid the Serpent, Riccardo: The Sound Garden (Oz Opera Schools Company). Currently a member of the OA Chorus

Other Companies: Gendarme: Les mamelles de Tirésias, Fauteuil: L’enfant et les sortilèges, Thoas: Iphigénie en Tauride, Simone: La finta semplice, Papageno (Sydney Conservatorium of Music); Sailor: Dido and Aeneas (Opera Factory, UK); Notary: Don Pasquale, Samuel: Saul, High Priest: St Matthew Passion, Buff: The Impresario (Tasmanian Conservatorium); Mozart: Amadeus, Romeo: Romeo and Juliet (Mummers Theatre Company); Lockit: The Beggar’s Opera (Very Small Opera Company); Zuniga: Carmen (Penrith Symphony) and Benoit/Alcindoro: La Bohème (Penrith Symphony). Chorister with London Philharmonic and Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Performed at Melbourne Fringe Festivals with Lieder of the Pack cabaret ensemble

Recordings: Percy Grainger – Tuneful Percussion (Move Records, 1999)