Julian Ovenden

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About Julian Ovenden
Julian Ovenden (born May 1976, Sheffield) is an English stage, television and film actor and singer. He is one of three children of Canon John Ovenden, chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.
Ovenden sang in the St Paul's Cathedral Choir as a child. He later won a scholarship to Eton College. He subsequently studied at the University of Oxford on a choral scholarship. Whilst he has received training as an opera singer, he has professionally used his music training in musical theatre. He continued academic studies in drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Ovenden's roles in the theatre have included:

Merrily We Roll Along (Franklin) (2000)
Grand Hotel (The Baron) (2004)
Butley (play) (Joseph Keyston) (2006)
Marguerite (Armand) (2008)
Annie Get Your Gun (Butler) (2009)

Ovenden has also sung musical theatre songs in several concerts at The Proms, in particular concerts of Stephen Sondheim and of Rodgers and Hammerstein[10]. Future plans include tentative casting as Daniel Cleaver in a musical adaptation of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary (musical).[11].
Ovenden's work in television has included:

Foyle's War (Andrew Foyle)
The Forsyte Saga (2002 miniseries) (Valerius 'Val' Dartie)
The Royal (Dr David Cheriton)
Related (Jason Greenstein)
Cashmere Mafia (Eric Burden)
A Christmas Carol: The Musical (Fred Anderson)

In private life, Ovenden and his wife, the soprano Kate Royal, have a son, Johnny Beau, born in October 2009. The couple married in December 2010, the ceremony being conducted by Ovenden's father, who also christened their son in a double ceremony.
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^ a b c Liz Hoggard (2008-05-20). "Marguerite's man". The Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23486069-marguerites-man.do. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ a b c Sarah Oliver (2011-01-22). "The other Royal wedding: Opera singer Kate Royal on juggling her family with stellar performances worldwide". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1348875/Kate-Royal-The-opera-singer-juggling-family-stellar-performances-worldwide.html. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Dalya Alberge (2010-10-30). "Opera: it sounds like being the next big thing in movies". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/31/cosi-fan-tutte-stephen-evans-mozart. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Michael Billington (2000-12-13). "The heart-piercing, time-travelling Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2000/dec/13/theatre.artsfeatures. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Michael Billington (2010-10-30). "Grand Hotel (Donmar Warehouse, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2004/nov/30/theatre. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Ben Brantley (2010-10-30). "Zingers Shoot Forth From Inside a Toxic Fog". The New York Times. http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/theater/reviews/26butl.html. Retrieved 2006-10-26. 
^ Michael Billington (2008-05-21). "Marguerite (Haymarket, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/may/21/theatre2. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Michael Billington (2009-10-18). "Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/oct/18/annie-get-your-gun-review. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Andrew Clements (2010-08-01). "Prom 19: Sondheim at 80 (Royal Albert Hall, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/01/prom-19-sondheim-at-80. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Andrew Clements (2010-08-23). "A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Royal Albert Hall, London)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/23/celebration-rodgers-hammerstein-proms-review. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
^ Mark Shenton (2010-06-04). "Bridget Jones's Diary Musical Workshop to Feature Smith, Carvel, Ovenden and More". Playbill Arts. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140055-Bridget-Joness-Diary-Musical-Workshop-to-Feature-Smith-Carvel-Ovenden-and-More. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 


[edit] External links

Official website
Julian Ovenden in "Foyle's War"
Julian Ovenden at the Internet Movie Database


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