Carolyn Watkinson
Carolyn Watkinson (born 19 March 1949) is an English mezzo-soprano, specialising in baroque music. Her voice is alternately characterized as mezzo-soprano and contralto.Watkinson was born in Preston and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and in The Hague. In 1978 she sang Rameau's Phèdre (''Hippolyte et Aricie'') at the English Bach Festival at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1979 she appeared as Monteverdi's Nero (''L'incoronazione di Poppea'') with De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. Also in 1979 she was featured as the contralto soloist in Christopher Hogwood's landmark recording of Handel's ''Messiah'', with the Academy of Ancient Music.
In 1981 Watkinson made her La Scala debut in the title role of ''Ariodante'' and sang Rossini's Rosina (''Il barbiere di Siviglia'') in Stuttgart. She appeared as Gluck's ''Orfeo'' (''Orfeo ed Euridice'') with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1982, and made her formal debut at Glyndebourne as Cherubino (Mozart's ''Le Nozze di Figaro'') in 1984.
In 1987 Watkinson toured Australia. She was a soloist in Bach's ''St. John Passion'' at Gloucester Cathedral in a performance shown on BBC TV on Good Friday in 1989. In 1990, she appeared as Dido in Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas'' at the Salerno Cathedral and sang Nero at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1987
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Published 1983
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6by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750Other Authors: “...Watkinson, Carolyn...”
Published 1995
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Published 1978
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9by Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643Other Authors: “...Watkinson, Carolyn...”
Published 1986
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Published 1986
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