Norman White Suggest updates
Born Cheshire.
English bass.
Norman White spent twenty years with Scottish Opera, during which he became the first singer to give 1000 performances with the company.
White studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music with Frederick Cox, then with Hans Hotter in Munich.
Joining Scottish Opera in 1967, White went on to appear in over fifty roles. He toured many times with Opera For All as well as with the main company. There can be few parts for a doctor or notary that he did not at some point perform, and must have given dozens of performances as Doctor Grenvil in La traviata alone.
Offstage, he was the first manager of the Friends of Scottish Opera, travelling huge distances to organize support groups around the country.
White also lectured widely on operatic history, using an encyclopaedic knowledge combined with a massive range of rare vintage recordings. Many of these were subsequently transferred and made available on CD.
Roles in Scotland
- Krushchov a Boyar
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Boris Godunov 1968
Boris Godunov 1974
- Dr Crabbe
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Peter Grimes 1968
- Doctor Grenvil
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Traviata 1969
Traviata 1970
Traviata 1971
Traviata 1971
Traviata 1973
Traviata 1974
Traviata 1981
- Don Pasquale a wealthy, elderly bachelor
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Don Pasquale 1969
Don Pasquale 1970
Don Pasquale 1973
- Sir Tristram Mickleford Lady Harriet's cousin
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Martha 1969
Martha 1970
Martha 1971
- Messenger
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Traviata 1970
- Second Armed Man
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Zauberflöte 1970
Zauberflöte 1971
Zauberflöte 1974
Zauberflöte 1974
- Doctor
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Rosenkavalier 1971
Rosenkavalier 1974
Rosenkavalier 1978
- Fafner disguised as a dragon
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Siegfried 1971
- Don Magnifico Baron of Montefiascone
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Cenerentola 1971
Cenerentola 1972
- Raimondo Bide the Bent, the Ashtons' chaplain
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Lucia di Lammermoor 1971
Lucia di Lammermoor 1972
- Simon Glover a glove-maker
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Jolie Fille de Perth 1971
Jolie Fille de Perth 1972
- Snug a joiner
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Midsummer Night's Dream 1972
Midsummer Night's Dream 1973
Midsummer Night's Dream 1976
Midsummer Night's Dream 1979
Midsummer Night's Dream 1980
Midsummer Night's Dream 1982
- Shepherd
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Pelléas and Mélisande 1972
Pelléas and Mélisande 1973
Pelléas and Mélisande 1975
Pelléas and Mélisande 1978
Pelléas and Mélisande 1979
- Doctor
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Pelléas and Mélisande 1972
Pelléas and Mélisande 1973
Pelléas and Mélisande 1975
Pelléas and Mélisande 1978
Pelléas and Mélisande 1979
- Priam King of Troy
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Trojans 1972
- Second Soldier
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Trojans 1972
- Ghost of Priam
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Trojans 1972
- Carlo Malatesta's cousin, disguised as a Notary
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Don Pasquale 1972
Don Pasquale 1973
Don Pasquale 1976
Don Pasquale 1977
- Hobson carrier, constable of The Borough
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Peter Grimes 1973
Peter Grimes 1980
- Bonze a priest, Cio-Cio-San's uncle
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Madam Butterfly 1973
Madam Butterfly 1976
Madam Butterfly 1978
Madam Butterfly 1980
- Kromow Counsellor to the Pontevedrian legation
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Lustige Witwe 1973
Lustige Witwe 1974
- Littore Lictor
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Incoronazione di Poppea 1973
- Joseph Mauer a mountain guide
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Elegy for Young Lovers 1974
Elegy for Young Lovers 1975
- Lecca conspirator and senator
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Catiline Conspiracy 1974
Catiline Conspiracy 1978
- Second Priest
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Zauberflöte 1974
Zauberflöte 1974
- Thanatos an infernal deity
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Alceste 1974
- Nikitich a police officer
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Boris Godunov 1974
- Benoit the students' landlord
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Bohème 1974
Bohème 1975
Bohème 1976
Bohème 1979
Bohème 1984
- Alcindoro a wealthy follower of Musetta
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Bohème 1974
Bohème 1975
Bohème 1976
Bohème 1984
- Notary
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Rosenkavalier 1974
Rosenkavalier 1978
- Don Basilio a singing teacher
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Barbiere di Siviglia 1974
Barbiere di Siviglia 1975
- Montano predecessor of Otello in Cyprus
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Otello 1975
Otello 1976
Otello 1977
- General Polkan head of Dodon's army
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Golden Cockerel 1975
Golden Cockerel 1976
Golden Cockerel 1977
Golden Cockerel 1979
Golden Cockerel 1983
- Count Horn a conspirator (Tom)
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Masked Ball 1975
- Truffaldino a comedian
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Ariadne on Naxos 1975
Ariadne on Naxos 1976
Ariadne on Naxos 1977
- Shepherd
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Hermiston 1975
- Tree
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Enfant et les sortilèges 1975
- Hans Foltz a coppersmith
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Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1976
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1977
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1978
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1983
- Commendatore an elderly aristocrat
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Don Giovanni 1976
- Bartolo a doctor, the Countess's former guardian
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Nozze di Figaro 1977
- Mayor of the village
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Jenůfa 1977
Jenůfa 1978
Jenůfa 1986
- Second Prisoner
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Fidelio 1977
- Pietro leader of the plebeians
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Simon Boccanegra 1978
Simon Boccanegra 1979
- Tobias Mícha a prosperous peasant farmer
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Bartered Bride 1978
- Count Ceprano a courtier
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Rigoletto 1979
Rigoletto 1980
Rigoletto 1984
- Zaretsky a retired officer
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Eugene Onegin 1979
Eugene Onegin 1980
Eugene Onegin 1981
- Constable
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Fiddler on the Roof 1979
Fiddler on the Roof 1986
- First Workman
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Wozzeck 1980
Wozzeck 1983
- Sciarrone police officer
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Tosca 1980
Tosca 1982
Tosca 1986
- Ambrogio Bartolo's servant
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Barbiere di Siviglia 1980
- Lockit the gaoler
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Beggar's Opera 1981
- Innkeeper
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Manon Lescaut 1982
- Bronte a Cyclops
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Orion 1984
- Mandarin
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Turandot 1984
- Major-domo
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Capriccio 1985
- Sacristan
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Tosca 1985
- Foreman at the mill
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Jenůfa 1986
- Chekunov
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From the House of the Dead 1987
- Priest
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From the House of the Dead 1987