{"id":37044,"date":"2025-02-04T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=37044"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:25:54","slug":"theodore-platt","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/theodore-platt\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Platt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-159 maxbutton maxbutton-voice-2025-en\" href=\"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/voice-2025\/\"><span class='mb-text'>VOICE 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Third prize<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Best performance of a Contemporary Aria<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This season, Theodore Platt joined the ensemble of the Copenhagen Opera House where his roles include Count Almaviva in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Le nozze di Figaro, <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lord Cecil in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maria Stuarda<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">and Figaro in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Highlights of his concert season include Beethoven\u2019s <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Symphony No. 9<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> at the Gro\u00dfes Festspielhaus in Salzburg and the release of an online recital with pianist Keval Shah for Deutsche Grammophon STAGE+. Theodore Platt was a recent member of the Bayerische Staatsoper\u2019s Opera Studio, during which he was awarded the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recent roles include Belcore in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">at Glyndebourne and the title role in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Guillaume Tell<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> at Theater St. Gallen. On the concert stage, Platt gave recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Oxford International Song Festival, and the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. He returned to &#8220;Mozart Week\u201d in Salzburg with the Vienna Philharmonic and maestro Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Theodore studied at St John\u2019s College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, London, and participated in the Verbier Festival Academy and the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22132 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35\" height=\"32\" \/> : Ian Tindale<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Principal Teachers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW5322582 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5322582 BCX8\">Russell Smythe<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW5322582 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5322582 BCX8\">John Norris<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW5322582 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Major Competitions<i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> prize, International Art Song Competition Stuttgart, 2022<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> prize, Kathleen Ferrier Awards, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> prize, Copenhagen Lied-Duo Competition, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><b>PROGRAMME<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIRST ROUND: ARIA\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GAETANO DONIZETTI <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bella siccome un angelo<br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don Pasquale<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GEORGE BENJAMIN <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Parth Three: The Protector and Agn\u00e8s &#8211; Scene XII<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Written On Skin<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RICHARD WAGNER <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wie Todesahnung, D\u00e4mmrung deckt die Lande\u2026 O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tannh\u00e4user<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIRST ROUND: ART SONG\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ROBERT SCHUMANN <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Entflieh mit mir<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Trag\u00f6die<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, op. 64)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ROBERT SCHUMANN <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Der Schatzgr\u00e4ber<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Romanzen und Balladen<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, vol. I, op. 45)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">REYNALDO HAHN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Offrande<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">VIVIAN FUNG<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Come With Me And Play <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> With That Voice <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> When the Peonies Bloomed<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Six<\/span><\/i> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Haiku<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">SERGEI RACHMANINOV <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">O nyet, molyu, ne ukhodi!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chest\u2019 romansov<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, op. 4)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">BENJAMIN BRITTEN<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">The Salley Gardens<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Folk Song Arrangements<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, vol. I)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ART SONG PRIZE FINAL<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">FRANZ SCHUBERT<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Auf der Donau \u00b7 Abendstern<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">FRANCIS POULENC<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Rayon des yeux&#8230; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Le matin les branches attisent&#8230;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Tout disparut&#8230;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Dans les t\u00e9n\u00e8bres du jardin&#8230;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Unis la fra\u00eecheur et le feu&#8230;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Homme au sourire tendre&#8230;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u00b7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> La grande rivi\u00e8re qui va&#8230;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">La fra\u00eecheur et le feu<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">GEORGE BUTTERWORTH<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The Lads in their Hundreds<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><strong>H.<\/strong> <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 13.0093px;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LESLIE ADAMS<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13.0093px;\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Prayer<br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nightsongs<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SEMIFINAL\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">GIOACHINO ROSSINI <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Come un\u2019ape ne giorni d\u2019aprile<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">La Cenerentola<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">FELIX MENDELSSOHN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> It is Enough! O Lord, Now Take Away My Life<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Elijah<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ERICH KORNGOLD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mein Sehnen, mein W\u00e4hnen<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Die tote Stadt<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FINAL\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">AMBROISE THOMAS <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">O vin, dissipe la tristesse<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hamlet<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">GUSTAV MAHLER<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Ich atmet\u2019 einen linden Duft<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">R\u00fcckert-Lieder<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ja vas lyublyu<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(Pikovaya dama<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jedonneenligne.org\/cmim\/25PARRAIN\/?lng=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37201\" style=\"text-align: left;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Voix2025_parrainage-sponsorship_en_1651x695.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The presence of <strong>Theodore Platt<\/strong> in Montreal is generously sponsored by <strong><span style=\"color: #fc4237;\">Nicole Brodeur<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-140 maxbutton maxbutton-tickets-and-packages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2026\/box-office\/\"><span class='mb-text'>TICKETS AND PACKAGES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-169 maxbutton maxbutton-i-support-the-concours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jedonneenligne.org\/cmim\/?lng=1\"><span class='mb-text'>I SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Third prize Best performance of a Contemporary Aria This season, Theodore Platt joined the ensemble of the Copenhagen Opera House where his roles include Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Lord Cecil in Maria Stuarda, and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Highlights of his concert season include Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36982,"template":"","class_list":["post-37044","cmim-competitors","type-cmim-competitors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cmim_competitors_photo_credits":"","cmim_competitors_date_of_birth":"City of residence: Copenhagen<br\/><br\/>Age: 30","cmim_competitors_country":"United Kingdom","cmim_competitors_range":"BARITONE"},"featured_media_src_url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Voix_2025_concurrents_Platt_Theodore_carre-web_400x400.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/37044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cmim-competitors"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/37044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40104,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/37044\/revisions\/40104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}