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Willard White

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Voice: Bass-baritone
Nationality: British
Year of Birth: 1946

About Willard White:

Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone.

He was born into a Jamaican family in Kingston. His father was a dockworker, his mother a housewife. White first began to learn music by listening to the radio and singing Nat King Cole songs. He was also inspired by the American singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. White was a founding member of The Jamaican Folk Singers, sang with the and trained at the Jamaican School of Music.

In a visit to Jamaica, Evelyn Rothwell, the wife of conductor Sir John Barbirolli, heard him sing and suggested that he go to study in London. Instead, his father bought him a one-way ticket to New York City, because "the flight was cheaper". He won a scholarship and continued his studies with bass Giorgio Tozzi at the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, he was selected by Maria Callas to participate in the master classes she gave there from 1971 to 1972.

In May 1971, White made his debut as the runaway slave Jim in the Juilliard American Opera production of Hall Overton's opera, Huckleberry Finn. He next appeared with New York City Opera in 1974 as Colline in La bohème. In 1976, he made his London opera debut with English National Opera as Seneca in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, having starred with Leona Mitchell that year in the first truly complete recording of Porgy and Bess. He has since sung at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra Bastille, the opera houses of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the major European cities as well as the Festivals at Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, Verbier, and Salzburg.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Don Giovanni a cenar teco Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 2.20

Type: trioVoice: Br B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanni/Leporello/Commendatore
2I loves you Porgy Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles: Bess
3Contessa perdono Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.15-3

Type: ensemble,septet,finaleVoice: Br S S B-Br Mz S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Rosina/Susanna/Figaro/Cherubino/Marcellina/Bartolo/Basilio
4Bess you is my woman now Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 2

Type: duetVoice: B-Br SLanguage: English

Roles: Porgy/Bess
5It ain't necessarily so Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: English

Roles: Sporting Life
6Fin ch'han dal vino Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.20

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanni
7Ah! tutti contenti Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.15-4

Type: ensemble,septet,finaleVoice: Br S S B-Br Mz S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Rosina/Susanna/Figaro/Cherubino/Marcellina/Bartolo/Basilio
8Quando le sere al placido Popularity:

Opera: Luisa MillerComposer: VerdiAct: 2.11-3

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodolfo
9A woman is a sometime thing Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: English

Roles: Jake
10Gone gone gone Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct:

Type: Voice: Language: English

Roles:
11Solche hergelaufne Laffen Popularity:

Opera: Entführung aus dem Serail, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.06

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: German

Roles: Osmin
12O ruddier than the cherry Popularity:

Opera: Acis and GalateaComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: English

Roles: Polyphemus
13Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.16

Type: quartetVoice: T tr cA MzLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino/Three boys
14Oh! I can't sit down Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 2 or 3

Type: Voice: Language: English

Roles:
15Shake the Heavens Popularity:

Opera: El NiñoComposer: AdamsAct:

Type: ariaVoice: baritone or bassLanguage: English

Roles:
16Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.17

Type: aria,recitativeVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino
17Per piacere alla signora Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.19

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio
18Marsch marsch trollt euch fort Popularity:

Opera: Entführung aus dem Serail, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.15

Type: trioVoice: B T TLanguage: German

Roles: Osmin/Belmonte/Pedrillo
19The flocks shall leave the mountains Popularity:

Opera: Acis and GalateaComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: trioVoice: T S BLanguage: English

Roles: Acis/Galatea/Polyphemus
20A red headed woman Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 2.04

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: English

Roles: Crown
21Seigneur daignez permettre Popularity:

Opera: FaustComposer: GounodAct: 4.03

Type: recitative,choirVoice: B-Br SLanguage: French

Roles: Méphistophélès/Marguerite
22Dawn Air Popularity:

Opera: El NiñoComposer: AdamsAct:

Type: ariaVoice: baritone or bassLanguage: English

Roles:
23D'un bell uso di Turchia Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.02

Type: duetVoice: B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Selim/Don Geronio
24Si mi e forza partir Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.13

Type: recitativeVoice: S B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio/Prosdocimo
25Bess oh where is my Bess? Popularity:

Opera: Porgy and BessComposer: GershwinAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: bass-baritoneLanguage: English

Roles: Porgy
26Ah! del padre in periglio Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.04-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Ottavio
27Perche mai se son tradito Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.23

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Narciso
28Per la fuga e tutto lesto Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.22

Type: trioVoice: B Mz BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Selim/Zaida/Prosdocimo
29Tue soavi parole Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 4.04

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Plutone
30Vous serez satisfaits Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 2.04-2

Type: scene/chorusVoice: T Mz TLanguage: French

Roles: Spalanzani/Nicklausse/Hoffmann
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