At the beginning of 2014, Clive made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he sang the role of the Doctor in Wozzeck. Clive has also appeared in roles such Astramados in Le Grand Macabre in San Francisco, Don Quichotte at Grange Park Opera, Sir Walter Raleigh in Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana, at both the Hamburg Opera and the Royal Opera House and as Prince Gremin in Onegin at Grange Park Opera. His appearances include such roles as Kecal in The Bartered Bride, Bluebeard in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Rocco in Fidelio and König Marke in Tristan und Isolde.

Collaborations with prestigious opera houses include: Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Ulisse, Titurel in Parsifal, Sylvano in La Calisto, Geronte in Manon Lescaut and Achilla in Giulio Cesare at the Bayresche Staatsoper. With the Opera National du Rhin, Strasbourg, he has sung Fasolt in David McVicar’s new production of Das Rheingold and Claggart in Richard Jones’s production of Billy Budd at Frankfurt Opera

In his native country Clive made his debut with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, as 2^nd Prisoner Fidelio and has since appeared there in the world-premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s Gawain, as Biterolf in Tannhäuser, Colline in La Bohème, Hans Foltz in Die Meistersinger, Carbon in Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Thoas in Iphigénie en Tauride, Sylvano in La Calisto and Hunding in Die Walküre. He also works regularly with the Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera.

Recordings include many in the Chandos in English series, Fafner and Hunding in the Halle Ring Cycle under Sir Mark Elder, Candide with Leonard Bernstein and recordings with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants.

September 2018