Alan Woodrow

Alan Donald Woodrow is a Canadian opera singer.

Born in 1957 in Toronto, Canada, Woodrow studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the London Opera Centre. On completing these studies he joined English National Opera (ENO) as a principal tenor and quickly developed into the dramatic fach. It is in this repertoire that he has emerged at an international level. The acclaim he generated in "Martinu's Greek Passion" at the Edinburgh Festival brought him to the attention of major European houses. Woodrow retains a highly productive relationship with ENO and Basel Opera. He also appears in Tel Aviv, the Guelph Spring Festival, Munich Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Albert Hall, Theater Basel, San Diego Opera, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, City of London Sinfonia, San Antonio Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Richard Strauss Festspiele Garmisch. Engagements this and last season include the Teatro Verdi Trieste, Opéra de Rouen, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Guido Bardi in "Eine florentinische Tragödie" for La Scala Milan.

Woodrow has sung extensively with major opera houses around the world. He was principal tenor for several years at English National Opera; his numerous roles there include Don José in Bizet’s "Carmen", Prince Andrei in Mussorgksy’s "Khovanschina", and the Captain in Berg’s "Wozzeck".

Other European credits for Woodrow include Sergei in Shostakovich’s "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" at Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opéra Bastille, and Frankfurt Opera and the Emperor in Richard Strauss’s "Die Frau ohne Schatten" at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and Bayerische Staatsoper.

In 2000, Woodrow played the part of "Tannhäuser" in a DVD directed by Walter Licastro [imdb name|id=0508947|name=Walter Licastro] and written by Wagner.

He has sung the role of Siegfried often: in Toulouse, in Perth, in Barcelona, in Manaus, in Madrid, in Liège, and at Seattle Opera for his company debut in 2001.

Woodrow returned to Seattle later that year to sing the Prince in Dvorak’s "Rusalka". His many roles since then have included Guido Bardi in Zemlinsky’s "Florentine Tragedy" in Milan, and Herod in Richard Strauss’s "Salome" in Palermo. Future plans include Tristan in Wagner’s "Tristan und Isolde" in Toulouse and Siegfried in Berlin.

Again, he is back to Seattle Opera in January 2006 to sing Alfred in Johann Strauss, Jr.’s "Fledermaus".

Woodrow is married to British Soprano Vivian Tierney and has three son - Jonathan, Alex & David, and one daughter, Julia.

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