Gillian Keith

Gillian Keith (born 3 April 1972 in Toronto) is a Canadian/British operatic soprano, originally from Toronto, Canada, and living in London, UK.

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• Gillian keith accompanied by simon lepper the lullaby project at the howard assembly room
• Hasse tutte all invito gillian keith soprano
• Opera
• Recordings
• Awards
• References

Keith was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal, and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Opera

Keith's roles include:

Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera and Opera de Oviedo

Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera

Poppea in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea in Theater Basel and Boston Early Music Festival

Jeptha in Handel's Jeptha, Buxton Festival

Philine in Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, Buxton Festival

Sylvie in Gounod's La colombe, Buxton Festival

Iole in Handel's Hercules, Buxton Festival

Silvia in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba, Buxton Festival

Gloria in H.K. Gruber's Gloria: A Pigtale for Mahogany Opera Group/Bregenz Festival

Tiny in Britten's Paul Bunyan, Bregenz Festival

Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at English National Opera

Woodbird in Wagner's Siegfried, Scottish Opera

Amor in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Scottish Opera

Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Scottish Opera and Opera Atelier

Soprano in Purcell's King Arthur at English National Opera and in San Francisco

Soprano in Bach's St John Passion at English National Opera

Dew Fairy in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at the BBC Proms

Recordings

Handel German Arias – Gillian Keith (soprano) with Florilegium. Label: Channel Classics

Gillian Keith Bei Strauss – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Champs Hill Records

Handel: Gloria – Gillian Keith (soprano), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) English Baroque Soloists. Label: Philips

"Schubert Among Friends" – Gillian Keith (soprano), Aldeburgh Connection Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, piano, with Michael Schade, tenor and Colin Ainsworth, tenor

Bach Cantatas Vol. 23: Arnstadt/Echternach – Gillian Keith (soprano); Daniel Taylor (countertenor); Charles Daniels (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (Bass); Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Label: Soli Deo Gloria

Debussy – Early Songs – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.

Debussy – Songs For His Muse – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.

Luigi Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (in Partita and Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado) – Gillian Keith (soprano); Paul Watkins (cello); BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Label: Chandos Records

Ariadne On Naxos Richard Strauss – Gillian Keith (soprano), Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Christine Brewer, Alice Coote, Robert Dean-Smith, Alan Opie. Label: Chandos

Awards

1998 Royal Over-Seas League Vocal Competition First Prize Winner

2000 Kathleen Ferrier Award

2003 Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)