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A regular guest with both English National Opera and Welsh National Opera, Janice Watson has sung with the opera houses of Lyon, Amsterdam, Munich, Vienna, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Santa Fe, Milan, Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera. Her engagements include the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) for English National Opera, Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos) for Welsh National Opera, Katja Kabanova for both La Scala Milan and the Royal Opera, and Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire’at the Theater an der Wien. A favorite of the Santa Fe Opera, she has sung in Daphne (1996), Arabella (1997), Idomeneo (1999) and Salome (2006). Recent engagements include Alice Ford (Falstaff) for Welsh National Opera, Elisabeth (Tannhauser) for Opera Australia, Ellen Orford ('Peter Grimes') in Naples, Leonore (‘Fidelio’) in Beijing, and Elisabetta (Don Carlos) for Opera North. Current engagements include Ellen Orford in Turin, Elsa (‘Lohengrin’) for the Hamburg Opera, Katya Kabanova in Oviedo, Madame Lidoine (Les dialogues des Carmélites) in Valencia, and Leonore for the Brighton Festival. [Source] Read an extended interview with the soprano done by Musical Criticism by clicking here. A complete discography after the jump.
DISCOGRAPHY:
ARMSTRONG
Friends Departed
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Chandos
BEETHOVEN
Ah! Perfido / Mass in C
Corydon Orchestra and Chorus, Matthew Best
Hyperion
Cantata on the death of the Emperor Hyperion
Joseph II
Corydon Orchestra and Chorus, Matthew Best
Complete Folk Songs
Piano: Malcolm Martineau
Hyperion
Symphony No. 9
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Hyperion
BRIDGE
Frank Bridge Songs
Piano: Roger Vignoles
Hyperion
BRITTEN
Gloriana
WNO orchestra and chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
Decca Argo
Peter Grimes
City of London Sinfonia/
London Symphony Chorus, Sir Richard Hickox
Chandos
(Grammy Award Winner)
Peter Grimes
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live
A Midsummer Night's Dream
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Philips
Owen Wingrave
City of London Sinfonia, Sir Richard Hickox
Chandos
HAYDN
Mass 7, Mass 12
Collegium Musicum 90, Sir Richard Hickox
HERRMANN
Citizen Kane (Salaambo's aria)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Joel McNeely
varése
HOWELLS
Missa Sabrinensis
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Chandos
JANACEK
Jenufa (Jenufa)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Chandos
LIZA LEHMANN
Songs
Steuart Bedford: Piano
Collins
GEORGE LLOYD
John Socman
Philharmonia Orchestra, George Lloyd
Albany
A Litany
Philharmonia Orchestra, George Lloyd
Albany
MACCUNN
Orchestral & Operatic Works
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion
MCEWAN
Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alasdair Mitchell
Chandos
MONTEVERDI L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Richard Hickox
Virgin
MOZART
Cosi fan tutte
OAE, Sir Charles Mackerrass
Chandos
Le nozze di Figaro
Opera de Lyon, Paolo Olmi
Arthaus Musik
ORFF
Carmina Burana
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Virgin
POULENC
Gloria / Stabat Mater
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/BBC Singers
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Arthaus Musik
SULLIVAN
The Mikado
WNO orchestra and chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
Telarc
The Golden Legend
New London Orchestra, Ron Corp
Hyperion
Ivanhoe
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Chandos
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Poisoned Kiss
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Chandos
HODIE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davon Wetton
Chandos
VERDI
Don Carlos
Opera North, Richard Farnes
WEILL
Royal Palace
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Capriccio
Miscellaneous:
DELIBES/
OFFENBACH
Flower Duet, Barcarolle
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis
GTV
LEHAR / J STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus / The Merry Widow
Duets with Sir Thomas Allen
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
Chandos
MASCAGNI
L’Amico Fritz (Cherry Duet)
With Barry Banks
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
Chandos
VERDI
Attila trio
With Dennis O’Neill, Alan Opie
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
WEBER
Euryanthe duet
With Christine Brewer
Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
Chandos
