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| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge Royal Academy of Music |
| Occupation | Opera singer |
Allan James ClaytonMBE (born 1981) is a Britishtenor.[1]
Clayton studied at theKing's School, Worcester as a chorister atWorcester Cathedral,[1] atSt John's College, Cambridge as a choral scholar, and at theRoyal Academy of Music in London.[2] He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2007-09[3] and winner of theRoyal Philharmonic Society Singer Award in 2018.[4]
Clayton was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2021 Birthday Honours for services to opera.[5]
In 2022, he starred in aRoyal Opera House production ofPeter Grimes which was hailed as one of the finest opera productions in the UK for decades.The Guardian said "Clayton makes a heartbreaking, supremely lyrical Grimes, singing with remarkable sensitivity and great refinement of tone"[6] and theFT described him as "vocally outstanding in the role, powerful, sensitive and dealing with its idiosyncratic vocal challenges as if they are no problem at all".[7]
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