Simon Keenlyside

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Sir Simon Keenlyside Template:Postnominals (born 3 August 1959) is a British baritone who has performed in operas and concerts since the mid-1980s.

Biography

Early life and education

Keenlyside was born in London, the son of Raymond and Ann Keenlyside. Raymond played second violin in the Aeolian Quartet, and Ann's father was the violinist Leonard Hirsch.[1] When he was eight, he was enrolled in St John's College School, a boarding school for the boy choristers of the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge and spent much of his childhood touring and recording with the choir under the direction of choirmaster George Guest.[2]

He later attended Reed's School in Cobham, before studying zoology at Cambridge University.[1] He returned to St John's as a choral scholar, before studying singing at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. After graduation, he won a Peter Moores Foundation scholarship (1985) and joined the Royal Northern College of Music to study voice with the baritone John Cameron where he developed a love for lieder and German poetry.[1]

Singing career

Keenlyside made his first appearance in a major operatic role in 1987 as Lescaut in Manon Lescaut at the Royal Northern College of Music. Opera magazine remarked on it being an "astonishingly mature" performance, and that he "used his warm and clear baritone with notable musicianship".[3] The Richard Tauber prize, which he won in 1986, allowed him to go to Salzburg for further study. His money ran out before he could finish his four-month term there, but Rudolf Knoll, a teacher at the Salzburg Mozarteum, gave him private lessons for free. Knoll encouraged him to work on the Italian repertoire while he was still young, and introduced him to the Hilbert agency which got him singing jobs in Germany. His professional debut as a baritone came in 1988, at the Hamburg State Opera as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro.[2]

In 1989, Keenlyside joined the roster of Scottish Opera, where he stayed until 1994, performing as, among other roles, Marcello (La bohème), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Figaro (Barber of Seville), Billy Budd (Billy Budd), Papageno (Zauberflöte) and Belcore (L'elisir d'amore).

During this period, he made debut performances at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, (1989 singing Silvio), English National Opera (Guglielmo), Welsh National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Geneva, Paris, and Sydney. He sang for Glyndebourne for the first time in 1993 and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1996. Keenlyside has performed at virtually all the major opera houses in the world, including the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.

Keenlyside sang in the world premieres of two 21st-century operas, creating the roles of Prospero in Thomas Adès' The Tempest in 2004, and Winston Smith in Lorin Maazel's 1984 in 2005.[4] He later participated in the EMI Classics world premiere recording of The Tempest.[5]

In 2010 Keenlyside sang the role of Rodrigo in a new production of Don Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Roberto Alagna to critical acclaim.[6]

Keenlyside added the role of Golaud in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande to his repertoire in a new production which premiered at Wiener Staatsoper on 18 June 2017 (he previously sang the role of Pelléas for many years). The following afternoon, he was awarded the title of Kammersänger by the Austrian government in a ceremony in the Teesalon of the opera house. He sang his first Falstaff in Verdi's opera in September 2025 at La Monnaie in Brussels "with effortless brilliance, his resonant, rounded voice and natural authority giving the character both warmth and depth".[7]

His recordings include several issues for Hyperion Records, including music of Benjamin Britten, Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Duruflé and Henry Purcell. He is also a featured singer on five volumes of the Hyperion Franz Schubert Edition and on the second volume of the Hyperion Robert Schumann Edition. In 2007 Sony Music released a recital disc of arias entitled Tales of Opera.[8]

Personal life

Keenlyside is married to the Royal Ballet former principal dancer Zenaida Yanowsky.[1] Simon and Zenaida had their first child, a son called Owen, on 12th October 2008. Their second child, a daughter called Iona, was born on 7th March 2010.

Operatic roles

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Honours and awards

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References

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  2. ↑ a b Kellow, Brian (December 2002)."The Poetry of Risk". Opera News, Vol. 67, No. 6
  3. ↑ Allison, John (2002). Baritones in Opera: Profiles of Fifteen Great Baritones, p. 81. Opera Magazine Ltd.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Duchen, Jessica (12 March 2007)."Simon Keenlyside: The sound and the fury". The Independent
  5. ↑ James Inverne, "EMI to release Adés’s The Tempest". Gramophone, 20 March 2007.
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  7. ↑ De Schrijver, Victoria. Report from Brussels. Opera, December 2025, Vol.76 No.12, p.1844.
  8. ↑ a b Gramophone (2007).Awards Special Issue, p. 61.
  9. ↑ For a complete list of Keenlyside's roles see also List of roles at www.simonkeenlyside.info
  10. ↑ Kesting, Jürgen (2008). Die grossen Sänger, Vol. 4, p. 2065. Hoffmann und Campe Template:In lang
  11. ↑ a b c d La Scala. Archives: Keenlyside Template:Link note
  12. ↑ White, Michael (14 May 2003). "Sweet prince of song". Daily Telegraph
  13. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Royal Opera House. Archives: Keenlyside
  14. ↑ Luten, C. J., (January 1996). Recording Review: Chabrier's Briseis by Rodgers, Harries, Padmore, Keenlyside, George and the BBC Scottish Orchestra and Chamber Chorus under Jean Yves Ossonce. Opera News Template:Link note
  15. ↑ Gramophone (September 1995). Review: Harmonia Mundi CD HMC90 1515/7 Script error: No such module "webarchive". (1996 live recording from Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie), p. 103
  16. ↑ Metropolitan Opera. Archives: Keenlyside, Simon (Baritone)
  17. ↑ a b c Milnes, Rodney (November 1997) "Simon Keenlyside". Opera, Vol. 53, Issue 1, pp. 80–87
  18. ↑ Listed in the cast for the performances at the Opéra Garnier in September 1998. See L'Événement du jeudi, Issues 718–725, p. 82 Template:In lang
  19. ↑ a b Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Archives: Keenlyside
  20. ↑ Jahn, George (7 March 2009). "Splendid music, but the staging – brrr!". Associated Press
  21. ↑ Listed in projected cast for the performances at the Royal Opera House in November–December 1990. See Opera, Vol. 41, Issues 7–12, p. 1201
  22. ↑ Loveland, Kenneth (December 1991). Review: Die Fledermaus, Welsh National Opera, New Theatre, Cardiff, Opera, Volume 42, p. 1479
  23. ↑ Listed in the cast for the concert performances at Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Queen Elisabeth Hall (March 1995). See Opera, Vol. 45, Issues 7–12, p. 1299
  24. ↑ Smith, Mike (25 April 2008). "From Turandot to tree-planting with opera singer Simon Keenlyside". Western Mail
  25. ↑ One of his earliest roles. According to simonkeenlyside.info Script error: No such module "webarchive"., he sang this at the Hamburg State Opera in June 1988.
  26. ↑ Tumelty, Michael (20 September 1989). "Review: Theatre Royal, Glasgow, The Merry Widow", p. 14. Glasgow Herald
  27. ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn (28 June 1998). "Master of Movement Decides to Tell a Story With an Opera". New York Times
  28. ↑ Jampol, Joshua (2010). Living Opera. Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN
  29. ↑ Blyth, Alan (June 1996). "Taking off" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Gramophone, p. 23
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  31. ↑ Monelle, Raymond (23 August 1999). "Edinburgh: This tragic no man's land". The Independent
  32. ↑ Evans, Eian (27 June 2010). "Review: Rigoletto, Millennium Centre, Cardiff". The Guardian
  33. ↑ Tanner, Michael (9 September 2000). "Brighter shades of pale". The Spectator
  34. ↑ Western European stages, Volume 15 (2003), p. 42. Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts
  35. ↑ Bayerische Staatsoper (2009) Cast list: La Traviata, 12 June 2009 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang
  36. ↑ Christiansen, Rupert (1 November 2001). Review: "War and Peace ENO, Coliseum – All-conquering confidence". Daily Telegraph
  37. ↑ Kennedy, Michael (1994). Music Enriches All: The Royal Northern College of Music : The First Twenty-one Years, p. 77. Carcanet. Template:ISBN
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  39. ↑ BBC News (29 October 2003). "TV chef collects MBE"
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  41. ↑ L'Opera (December 2004)
  42. ↑ Avui (20 October 2004) "Siegfried, millor òpera de la temporada anterior" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., p. 46 Template:In lang
  43. ↑ Associated Press (13 February 2005). "Pre-telecast Grammy Award winners". USA Today
  44. ↑ Laurence Olivier Awards (26 February 2006). "Keenlyside wins opera prize" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., www.olivierawards.com
  45. ↑ Associated Press (15 January 2004)"Complete list of nominees for the 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards" Template:Link note
  46. ↑ merkur-online.de (22 October 2007). "Echo Klassik für Elina Garanca, Keenlyside und Jansons" Template:In lang
  47. ↑ ABC (11 October 2007). "«Boulevard Solitude», de Henze, se impone en los premios de la crítica" Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang
  48. ↑ Gramophone (30 September 2010). "Gramophone Awards 2010 unveiled"
  49. ↑ Waleson, Heidi (2011). "The 2011 Honorees: Simon Keenlyside, Vocalist of the Year". Musical America
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