Keel Watson Suggest updates
Born London 1964.
Died 2023.
English bass.
Keel Watson trained at Trinity College of Music, winning the American Express Prize for Outstanding Performance (1998).
Operatic roles have included Caronte L'Orfeo (ENO), Papageno (Mid Wales Opera), Elder The Country of the Blind (Aldeburgh Festival/ENO Contemporary Opera Studio), Bosun Billy Budd (ROH), and Tonio Pagliacci (Opera Holland Park). With the Lyon Opera he sang Frazier in Porgy and Bess in a staging that toured to the Edinburgh Festival. He has worked regularly with ETO, singing major roles including Bartolo, Don Pasquale and Fiesco.
Recordings include Harasta Cunning Little Vixen (BBC cartoon).
Roles in Scotland
- Bartolo a doctor, the Countess's former guardian
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Nozze di Figaro 2004
- Don Pasquale a wealthy, elderly bachelor
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Don Pasquale 2010
- Frazier a 'lawyer'
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Porgy and Bess 2010
- Jacopo Fiesco a patrician, later disguised as Andrea Grimaldi
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Simon Boccanegra 2013
- Commendatore an elderly aristocrat
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Don Giovanni 2022