Geoffrey Moses

{{short description|Welsh cricketer and classical singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Geoffrey Haydn Moses

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1974

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 37

| bat avg1 = 18.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 24*

| deliveries1 = 432

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 19.55

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/31

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 9

| bat avg2 = 9.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 9

| deliveries2 = 66

| wickets2 = 2

| bowl avg2 = 24.50

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/49

| catches/stumpings2 = –/–

| date = 1 January

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17710.html Cricinfo

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Geoffrey Haydn Moses (born 24 September 1952) is a Welsh classical singer and former first-class cricketer.

Moses was born in September 1952 at Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. He was educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31593/31593.html|title=Player profile: Geoffrey Moses|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} before going up to read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.{{cite web|url=https://musicint.co.uk/opera-performer/geoffrey-moses/|title=Geoffrey Moses|publisher=www.musicint.co.uk|accessdate=2022-01-01}} While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1974, making three appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31593/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Moses|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} He had one match of note, taking a five wicket haul in The University Match against Oxford University at Lord's.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/34/34408.html|title=Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1974|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} In his three matches, he took a total of 9 wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31593/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Geoffrey Moses|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} He also made a single List A one-day appearance for Cambridge in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against Sussex at Hove,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7227/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Geoffrey Moses|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} taking the wickets of Geoff Greenidge and Mark Faber for the cost of 49 runs from 11 overs, with Sussex winning the match by 186 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/34/34241.html|title=Sussex v Cambridge University, Benson and Hedges Cup 1974 (South Group)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}}

After graduating from Cambridge, he taught at Charterhouse School. He subsequently trained to become an operatic baritone singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Bryan Drake;{{cite web|url=http://resources.rwcmd.ac.uk/pdf/Bio-Geoffrey-Moses.pdf|title=Biography: Geoffrey Moses|publisher=www.rwcmd.ac.uk|accessdate=2022-01-01}} he later privately studied under Otakar Kraus. Moses has sung with all the major British opera companies, including The Royal Opera, the Welsh National Opera, as well as performing at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. His discography includes Fotis in The Greek Passion conducted by Mackerras (1981), Ceprano in Rigoletto conducted by Sinopoli (1985), Hans Schwarz in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg conducted by Haitink (1997) and Sancho in The Contrabandista under Corp (2004).