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David Wilson-Johnson
He educated at Wellingborough School, and studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As a singer he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he won the Dove Prize for most distinguished student.
In 1976, Wilson-Johnson made his operatic debut in Henze's "We Come to the River" at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, where he subsequently sang important roles in many operas. In 2006, he decided to retire from the stage production of opera performance, but return to stage Swallow for "Peter Grimes" (dir. Willy Decker / cond. Yutaka Sado) at Teatro Regio di Torino in 2010 . He is still involved in giving concerts (including opera's concert version) worldwide with the major orchestras and recitals with his regular pianist David Owen Norris.
David Wilson-Johnson was Professor of Singing at the Conservatory of Amsterdam from 2005 to 2010, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.
He has worked with prominent conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Frans Brüggen, Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, and Evgeny Svetlanov.
David Wilson-Johnson is one of the most sought after baritones in the world today.
Latest releases
Sacred Master Pieces Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Rilling
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
Peter Maxwell Davies: Black Pentecost & Stone Litany
BACH, J.S.: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 (Eerens, Chance, M. Schafer, Wilson-Johnson, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Bruggen)
Recent highlights
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 9, "Choral" (Oelze, Danz, Strehl, Wilson-Johnson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Herreweghe)
WEBERN, A.: Vocal and Orchestral Works - 5 Pieces / 5 Sacred Songs / Variations / Bach-Musical Offering: Ricercar (Craft) (Webern, Vol. 2)
SCHOENBERG, A.: Violin Concerto / Ode to Napoleon / A Survivor from Warsaw (Craft) (Schoenberg, Vol. 10)
SCHOENBERG: 6 Orchestral Songs / Kol Nidre / Friede auf Erden (Schoenberg, Vol. 7)
Shostakovich - Hamlet / King Lear
Berlioz - Béatrice et Bénédict
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust
STRAVINSKY: Mass / Cantata / Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky, Vol. 6)
QUILTER: Folk-Song Arrangements / Part-Songs for Women's Voices (Complete) (English Song, Vol. 11)
SCHOENBERG: Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Vol. 1)
STRAVINSKY: Oedipus Rex / Les Noces (Stravinsky, Vol. 1)
Elgar: The Kingdom
Mozart: Requiem