Live 24-Seven -Interview
Since then, Ian has sung in many of the great opera houses of the world and his extensive repertoire covers six languages – Russian, Czech, Italian, German, French and of course, English. He has a good understanding of French, Italian and German and he turns to a native Czech speaker and a native Russian speaker for help when he is rehearsing roles in either of those languages. He has sung the title roles in Otello, Peter Grimes, Samson and Tannhäuser and his Russian repertoire includes Herman (Pikovaya Dama) in Madrid, Bologna and Riga; Sergey (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) in Riga and Dimitri (Boris Godunov) in Venice and Turin. In Czech he has performed the main tenor roles in Jenůfa, Kát'a Kabanová and Věc Makropulos. He has also performed many concert works throughout Europe, most recently Dream of Gerontius with the Berlin Philharmonic and he took the title role in Rienzi in concert in New York. Ian has also performed a number of oratorios and has done numerous concerts and Opera Galas. Recordings of his work currently available are Tristan und Isolde and Boris Godunov, both on DVD and he has released a solo album Ian Storey Sings.
dramatic tenor Carlo Cossutta in Trieste and is now coached by James Vaughan, Head of Music at La Scala.
For Ian, the final push which he needed to swap careers was a talk about pensions! At the time he was head of department in a school, set on a path which would have seen him become head of faculty the following year. But not wanting to have any regrets on retirement, he decided to make the break, went to the head’s office and handed in his notice!
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Since 1996 Ian has lived near Leominster in Herefordshire, where he enjoys nothing more than indulging his interests in archery, golf and wildlife photography, but as he is in demand around the world, especially in Italy, Germany, Spain and America, he spends a lot of time on tour. He often takes his archery bow and arrows on his travels, so he can pursue his sport between rehearsals and he is rarely without his camera. He especially enjoys taking night-time photographs of the cities he tours to and he also likes taking theatrical photographs. He has a particular talent for capturing subjects who are performing in operas for which he knows the scores so well that he can anticipate the action – with his track record, who knows where that might lead in later life…
Before he returns to Italy in the autumn, local audiences will have a rare chance to hear Ian’s wonderful voice in the relative intimacy of Leominster Priory on September 20, when he will perform songs from his extensive repertoire and recount anecdotes from his extraordinary life. “The programme will include some opera and some English songs and I will open it to the audience to ask questions - basically it will be, as someone
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