Robert Murray sings The Evangelist in St Matthew Passion The Bury Bach Choir is delighted that distinguished tenor Robert Murray will be joining us to sing the role of The Evangelist at our performance of Bach’s masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral on Saturday 6 April. Robert Murray studied at the Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio. He won second prize in the Kathleen Ferrier awards in 2003 and was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. For the Royal Opera, he sang Tamino Die Zauberflote , Borsa Rigoletto , Gastone La Traviata , Harry La Fanciulla del West , Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Jaquino Fidelio and Don Ottavio Don Giovanni . For English National Opera he sang Simpleton Boris Godunov , Tamino, Toni Reischmann in Henze’s Elegy For Young Lovers , Idamante Idomeneo , Don Ottavio, Steuerman Der fliegende Holländer and Frederic Pirates of Penzance . He has also performed for Wels