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Elizabeth Watts

voc, *1979 GB
Singer of Classical

English soprano vocalist, born 1979 in Norwich. Watts was a Norwich Cathedral chorister and studied archaeology at Sheffield University before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Music Britten International Opera School where she studied singing from 2002 to 2005 with Lilian Watson. From 2005 to 2007, she was a member of the Young Singers’ Programme at English National Opera. Watts has won numerous prizes, most recently the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Prize, the MIDEM 2007 Outstanding Young Artist Award and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2011.

     
Genres
  • Classical
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Endimione e Cintia: Aria "Se geloso è il mio core" on Alessandro Scarlatti: Con eco d'amore by Alessandro Scarlatti, Laurence Cummings, The English Concert & Elizabeth Watts
Magnificat, Wq. 215: Magnificat, Wq. 215: 2. Arie. Quia respexit humilitatem (S) on C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat, Wq. 215 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Hans-Christoph Rademann
Sinfonia antartica "Symphony No. 7": I. Prelude. Andante maestoso on Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica & Symphony No. 9 by Ralph Vaughan Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Martyn Brabbins
A German Requiem, Op. 45: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen on Brahms: A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, London Philharmonic Choir & Neville Creed
A German Requiem, Op. 45: II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras on Brahms: A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, London Philharmonic Choir & Neville Creed
A German Requiem, Op. 45: IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen on Brahms: A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, London Philharmonic Choir & Neville Creed
Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Driving Boy (soprano, children's chorus) on Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote & Allan Clayton
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, BWV 51: I. Aria, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!" on Bach: Cantatas & Arias by Johann Sebastian Bach, Elizabeth Watts, Harry Bicket & The English Concert
Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV: Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus, children's chorus) on Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote & Allan Clayton
Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Spring, the Sweet Spring (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus) on Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote & Allan Clayton

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Discography

Title Artist Year Type
Choral Symphony; St Paul's Voyage To MelitaSir George Dyson, Elizabeth Watts, Caitlin Hulcup, Joshua Ellicott, Roderick Williams, The Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill2017Album
A London Symphony And Other WorksRalph Vaughan Williams, Elizabeth Watts, Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Royal College Of Music Brass Ensemble2017Album
Leçons De TénèbresFrançois Couperin, Sébastien De Brossard, La Nuova Musica, Lucy Crowe, Elizabeth Watts, David Bates2016Album
St Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach, The Academy Of Ancient Music, James Gilchrist • Matthew Rose • Ashley Riches • Elizabeth Watts • Sarah Connolly • Thomas Hobbs • Christopher Maltman • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus • Richard Egarr2015Album
Opera Arias & OverturesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Elizabeth Watts, Scottish Chamber Orchestra2015Album
Symphony No. 4Gustav Mahler - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Marc Albrecht, Elizabeth Watts2015Album
Magnificat • Motet "Heilig Ist Gott"Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Elizabeth Watts, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius, Markus Eiche, RIAS-Kammerchor, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann2014Album
St John PassionJohann Sebastian Bach, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Andrew Gilchrist • Matthew Rose • Ashley Riches • Elizabeth Watts • Sarah Connolly • Andrew Kennedy • Christopher Purves • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus • Richard Egarr2014Album
The Complete Songs - 6Richard Strauss, Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles2012Album
Cantatas & AriasJohann Sebastian Bach, Elizabeth Watts, English Concert, Harry Bicket2011Album
MessiahGeorg Friedrich Händel, Huddersfield Choral Society, Northern Sinfonia, Jane Glover, Elizabeth Watts, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Le Brocq, James Oldfield2011Album
ArtaxerxesIan Page, Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Caitlin Hulcup, Andrew Staples, Rebecca Bottone, Daniel Norman2010Album
Schubert: LiederFranz Schubert, Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles2008Album
Orchestral Works • 2: Amériques, Écuatorial, IonisationEdgard Varèse - Elizabeth Watts, Maria Grochowska, Thomas Bloch, Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee2008Album
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