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The British/German tenor, Rufus Müller, has established a distinguished reputation for opera and oratorio throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and North America. He has worked with many leading conductors and orchestras. He has given recitals in the Wigmore Hall and the Barbican Concert Hall in London as well as on BBC Radio, and in Munich, Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Utrecht, Paris, Salzburg and New York, many in partnership with the pianist Maria João Pires. Operatic appearances include Garsington Opera, Opera Atelier, Opera Zuid, Opéra de Normandie, and Handel performances in Halle and Göttingen. Recordings include Handel’s Poro and Ariodante with Nicholas McGegan, Bach’s St. John Passion and Bach Cantatas with John Elliot Gardiner, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with Roger Norrington, Dowland’s First Book of Airs with lutenist Christopher Wilson, Haydn’s O tuneful voice and songs by Benda with soprano Emma Kirkby, three recordings of 19th-century songs with Invocation, the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion on the United recording of the acclaimed dramatic production by Jonathan Miller, shown on BBC TV, Telemann’s Admiralitätsmusik and solo cantatas, Ned Rorem’s Evidence of Things Not Seen with the New York Festival of Song, and songs by Franz Lachner with Christoph Hammer. Rufus Müller has recently been appointed Visiting Professor of Voice at Bard College, New York, and teaches at the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.