Rufus Müller

Rufus Müller the British-German tenor was acclaimed by The New York Times following a performance in Carnegie Hall as "...easily the best tenor I have heard in a live Messiah." He is celebrated as the Evangelist in Bach's Passions, and his unique dramatic interpretation of this rôle has confirmed his status as one of the world's most sought-after performers. He gave the world premiere of Jonathan Miller's acclaimed production of the St Matthew Passion, which he also recorded for United and broadcast on BBC TV; he repeated the role in three revivals of the production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York (“a sensational Evangelist”- New York Times). Rufus is also a leading recitalist, performing worldwide with pianist Maria João Pires.

The 2012/13 season included recitals with fortepianist Christoph Hammer in Germany, New York and Baltimore, Britten’s Serenade in Toronto, Hans Zender’s version of Winterreise in Montreal, Bach’s Passions in Oxford, Stockholm, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC, B-Minor Mass in the UK, Cantatas in Seattle, Handel’s Messiah in Montreal and Washington, Mendelssohn’s Paulus in Madrid, Haydn’s Creation in Norway and Washington, Satyavan in Holst’s opera Savitri with Little Opera Theater New York, a Handel gala in Toronto, and recitals and masterclasses in Japan.

Rufus was born in Kent, England and was a choral scholar at New College, Oxford. He studied in New York with the late Thomas LoMonaco and is Associate Professor of Music at Bard College, New York.

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