Alasdair Elliott

The British tenor Alasdair Elliott (Der Schreiber/Der Kanzler) studied with, among others, Laura Sarti at the Guildhall School of Music. He has sung roles in many contemporary productions including Vova in Schnittke’s Life with an Idiot, The Servant in John Buller’s Bakxai, Gerry in MacMillan’s Tourist Variations and Festus in a concertante performance of Peter-Jan Wagemans’s Legende. His repertoire also includes Mime Der Ring des Nibelungen (Scottish Opera), Pong Turandot (Madrid, ROH Covent Garden, Nationale Reisopera), Monostatos Die Zauberflöte, Bardolfo Falstaff (Glyndebourne), Andres Wozzeck (ROH Covent Garden), Valzacchi Der Rosenkavalier (English National Opera, Scottish Opera) and Sellem The Rake’s Progress (Israel, Lille). The recording of Falstaff, in which he sang Dr. Cajus with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, won a Grammy Award in 2005. Upcoming engagements are Andres (Tel Aviv), Don Curzio Le nozze di Figaro, Red Whiskers Billy Budd (Glyndebourne), Don Curzio and L’imperatore Altoum Turandot (ROH Covent Garden).