Richard Bourjo

Biography taken from 2006 (The Grand Duke) programme:

Richard Bourjo has sung over thirty different principal roles in Sullivan operas, including King Richard in The Prince Consort’s CD recording of Ivanhoe. Roles with Edinburgh Grand Opera and other companies include Gessler (William Tell), Zaccariah (Nabucco), King of Egypt (Aida), Zuniga (Carmen), Sarastro (Magic Flute), Swallow (Peter Grimes), Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Fagin (Oliver), Joe (Showboat), Alfred P. Doolittle (My Fair Lady), Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha), Judge Turpin (Sweeny Todd), Caiaphas (Jesus  Christ Superstar), Abe (Summer Song), Gangster (Kiss Me Kate), and Dr Prospero (Return to the Forbidden Planet). Other theatre work has included Joxer Daly (Juno and the Paycock), Eddie Carbone (View From The Bridge), and Shakespearean roles from Florizel, and Claudio to Feste, Caliban and Shylock.

Performing Credits:

Year Part Show

2006

The Prince of Monte Carlo

The Grand Duke

2003

Sir Roderic Murgetroyd

Ruddygore

2000

Bill Bobstay

H.M.S. Pinafore

1999

Cedric, Thane of Rotherwood

Ivanhoe

1993

Phantis

Utopia Limited

1991

The Prince of Monte Carlo

The Grand Duke

1990

Jack Point

Yeomen

1989

Robin Oakapple

Ruddigore

1988

Sergeant Bouncer

Cox and Box

1988

Dick Deadeye

H.M.S. Pinafore

1987

King Gamma

Princess Ida

1986

Giuseppe Palmieri

The Gondoliers

 

 

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