Friday, April 8, 2011

Happy Birthday: Janice Watson

"Jewel Song" Faust (Gounod)
"Es gibt ein Reich" Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
"Embroidery Aria" Peter Grimes (Britten)
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