Robert Meadmore

{{short description|British singer and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2011}} '''Robert Meadmore''' is a British singer and actor.<ref name="Larkin1999">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Virgin encyclopedia of stage and film musicals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MIhLAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=22 August 2011|date=June 1999|publisher=Virgin|isbn=978-0-7535-0375-1|pages=90, 108}}</ref>

==Theatre== Born in Romford<ref name=bio>[http://www.robertmeadmore.com/biography.html Robert Meadmore] Biography, accessed January 28, 2012</ref> the son of an opera singer who was later a stage director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19790115&id=sqs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Am4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4741,2482202 "Gilbert and Sullivan at Dinner Theatre"], ''The Hour'' (Norwalk, Connecticut), 15 January 1979, accessed January 28, 2012; see also London Palladium theatre programme, April 1985, London Savoyards' centenary ''Mikado'' produced by Meadmore with a feature about Meadmore and the Savoyards</ref> Meadmore has starred as leading man in many popular productions in London's West End including ''Phantom of The Opera'' (Raoul), ''Hello, Dolly!'' (Cornelius), ''Brigadoon'' (Tommy), ''My Fair Lady'' (Freddy), ''Bless the Bride'' (Pierre), ''The Gondoliers'' (Guieseppe), ''Oklahoma!'' (Curly), ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (Jay), ''Metropolitan Mikado'', two separate productions of ''Camelot'' (Lancelot) and most recently "Dear World".<ref name=bio/>

In London he has also appeared in ''Starting Here, Starting Now'', ''Side by Side by Sondheim'', ''It Takes Two'', ''Robert Meadmore in Concert'', ''Moving On'' and ''Dorothy Fields Forever''. In Chichester his appearances include ''Cavell'', ''Patriot for Me'' (also in the United States), ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', ''Valmouth'' and ''Pickwick'' (London and National Tour). In repertory theatre, he appeared in ''Oleanna'', ''Educating Rita'', ''Under Their Hats'' and ''Wife Begins at Forty''.

==Concerts== In 2001 Meadmore participated in the Royal Variety Performance singing "All I Ask of You" with Charlotte Church, as a tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber. He also sang at the 2002 Queens Golden Jubilee celebrations in the Mall, London, leading a crowd of over fifty thousand, including the Royal Family, in singing "You'll Never Walk Alone". In 2010 Meadmore performed the first concert on the maiden voyage of Cunard's newly launched MS Queen Elizabeth and has performed cabaret in London at the Green Room, the Pheasantry and Crazy Coqs.

==Film and television== Meadmore's film and television work includes John Henry, Litvinenko, ITVX Dir: Jim Field Smith, Tiger Aspect Productions, ''Shadow Play'', ''Eine Kleine Grossmusik'', ''Tonight at 8.30'', ''Saturday Night Out'', ''Rita Rudner Show'', ''Julia and Company'', ''Live from Lincoln Center'', ''A Tribute to Alan Jay Lerner'', ''Treacherous Crossing'' (Movie of the week USA), ''The Women of Windsor'' (CBS) and two Royal Variety Performances.

==Radio and recordings== Meadmore is a regular radio broadcaster for BBC Radio 4, including "Oenanthe and the Beanstalk" and "Friday Night is Music Night", and he has sung in recorded versions of musicals for BBC Radio 2, including "Mack and Mabel", "Mame", "My Fair Lady", "La Cage aux Folles", "Hello Dolly!" and "Camelot". Along with many cast recordings, his recordings include "The Songs of Maltby and Shire", "Moving On" "Musicals with a Message" "Get Happy" "Be My Love" and "That’s What Friends are For" with Peter Land, directed by Gillian Lynne and performed in both New York and London.

In 2005, Meadmore recorded his first classical album ''After a Dream'', under the direction of Mike Batt. The album reached number 2 in the UK Classical Charts and was nominated for an "Album of The Year" Classical Brit Award.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/after-a-dream-w144272 ''After a Dream'']{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} at Allmusic, accessed January 28, 2012</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.robertmeadmore.com Official website] * [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-meadmore-q107099/credits/all Meadmore at Allmusic]

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