Born in Salisbury, Charles Daniels received his musical training at King’s College in Cambridge, where he was a chorister, then a Choral Scholar, and the Royal College of Music in London, studying under Edward Brooks. The tenor’s concert and recording repertoire extends 1150 years from the IXth century to XXth century composers such as Benjamin Britten and Luigi Nono.
Charles Daniels has a prolific recording legacy, having over ninety recordings as a soloist. He performs frequently with Netherlands Baroque Society and regularly appears with Canada’s Les Voix Baroques, Les Voix Humaines, Toronto Consort and Tafelmusik. He recurrently performs in both European and North American music festivals and has made numerous concert appearances at the Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms.
In December 2001, he was the tenor soloist in a performance of Wojciech Kilar’s Missa pro pace, performed in the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II. He is, however, best known for his interpretations of baroque music. His role of Evangelist in the Saint John Passion and the Saint Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach is only one of many highlights in his career. For sixteen years Charles Daniels was a member of the early music vocal ensemble The Orlando Consort.
His operatic roles have included Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the New York City premiere of Lully’s Atys as Le Dieu du Sommeil and the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for its Montreal premiere at the Montreal Baroque Festival, which subsequently released a recital disc including excerpts from that performance as well as songs from John Dowland and other composers of the period.
Concert engagements have included regular appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Spitalfields Festival, and London Handel Festival.
In addition to conducting master classes at the Montreal Baroque Festival, Charles Daniels teaches Early Music Performance Practice at the Ringve Music Museum’s International Summer Course, in Norway.
Charles Daniels has a prolific recording legacy, having over ninety recordings as a soloist. He performs frequently with Netherlands Baroque Society and regularly appears with Canada’s Les Voix Baroques, Les Voix Humaines, Toronto Consort and Tafelmusik. He recurrently performs in both European and North American music festivals and has made numerous concert appearances at the Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms.
In December 2001, he was the tenor soloist in a performance of Wojciech Kilar’s Missa pro pace, performed in the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II. He is, however, best known for his interpretations of baroque music. His role of Evangelist in the Saint John Passion and the Saint Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach is only one of many highlights in his career. For sixteen years Charles Daniels was a member of the early music vocal ensemble The Orlando Consort.
His operatic roles have included Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the New York City premiere of Lully’s Atys as Le Dieu du Sommeil and the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for its Montreal premiere at the Montreal Baroque Festival, which subsequently released a recital disc including excerpts from that performance as well as songs from John Dowland and other composers of the period.
Concert engagements have included regular appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Spitalfields Festival, and London Handel Festival.
In addition to conducting master classes at the Montreal Baroque Festival, Charles Daniels teaches Early Music Performance Practice at the Ringve Music Museum’s International Summer Course, in Norway.
"Charles Daniels is magnificent in the title role – technically brilliant, impassioned, and lyrically supple."
(Anthony Pryer for BBC Music Magazine, October 2013)
"Daniels was in a class of his own, effortlessly shading the music with a comprehensive range of dynamic and textual control."
(David Vickers for Andante)
"Charles Daniels contributes burning passion and utter conviction"
(Marc Rochester for Gramophone)
(Anthony Pryer for BBC Music Magazine, October 2013)
"Daniels was in a class of his own, effortlessly shading the music with a comprehensive range of dynamic and textual control."
(David Vickers for Andante)
"Charles Daniels contributes burning passion and utter conviction"
(Marc Rochester for Gramophone)
