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David Wilson-Johnson

Singer details:

Voice: Baritone
Nationality: English
Year of Birth: 1950

About David Wilson-Johnson:

David Wilson-Johnson (born in Northampton on November 16, 1950) is a British operatic and concert baritone.

David Wilson-Johnson was educated at Wellingborough School, and studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As a singer he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he won the Dove Prize for most distinguished student.

In 1976, Wilson-Johnson made his operatic debut in Henze's "We Come to the River" at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, where he subsequently sang important roles in many operas. In 2006, he decided to retire from the stage production of opera performance, but return to stage Swallow for "Peter Grimes" (dir. Willy Decker / cond. Yutaka Sado) at Teatro Regio di Torino in 2010 . He is still involved in giving concerts (including opera's concert version) worldwide with the major orchestras and recitals with his regular pianist David Owen Norris.

David Wilson-Johnson was Professor of Singing at the Conservatory of Amsterdam from 2005 to 2010, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.

He has worked with prominent conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Frans Brüggen, Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, and Evgeny Svetlanov.

David Wilson-Johnson is one of the most sought after baritones in the world today.

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More Arias, Duets and Ensembles performed by David Wilson-Johnson

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Alfredo voi Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.17

Type: ensembleVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Violetta/Alfredo
2Fill up the bowl Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 1.02

Type: sceneVoice: B S SLanguage: English

Roles: Drunken Poet/First Fairy/Second Fairy
3Enfin, il part! Popularity:

Opera: Heure Espagnolle, LeComposer: RavelAct: 1.12

Type: duet/sceneVoice: B MzLanguage: French

Roles: Don Iñigo Gomez/Concepción
4Certain rate dans une cuisine Popularity:

Opera: Damnation de Faust, LaComposer: BerliozAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: French

Roles: Brander
5Hush, no more Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 2.08

Type: aria/chorusVoice: bassLanguage: English

Roles: Sleep
6See, I obey Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 5.12

Type: scene/trioVoice: bassLanguage: English

Roles: Hymen
7Next, Winter comes slowly Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 4.09

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: English

Roles: Winter
8See, see my many colour'd fields Popularity:

Opera: Fairy-Queen, TheComposer: PurcellAct: 4.08

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: English

Roles: Autumn
9Mon oeil anxieux interroge Popularity:

Opera: Heure Espagnolle, LeComposer: RavelAct: 1.19-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: French

Roles: Don Iñigo Gomez
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