Elizabeth Watts

Elizabeth Watts

Elizabeth Watts (born 1979 in Norwich) is a British soprano.

Watts studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she subsequently studied music at the Royal College of Music with Lilian Watson. She graduated in 2005 with distinction and the Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) Rose Bowl, awarded annually for outstanding achievement. In 2005, she joined the Young Singers’ Programme at English National Opera.

In 2006, Watts won the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Prize. She represented England at the 2007 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, reaching the final and winning the prestigious Rosenblatt Song Prize Competition. [cite news | author=George Hall | title=Cardiff Singer of the World final (St David's Hall, Cardiff) | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jun/19/classicalmusicandopera.reviews | work=The Guardian | date=19 June 2007 | accessdate=2008-08-09] She was chosen as a BBC New Generation Artist beginning in 2007.

Her earliest US appearances were in Boston with the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston in 2006 [cite news | author=Lloyd Schwartz | title=Orpheus ascending | url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/23498-Orpheus-ascending/ | work=Boston Phoenix | date=26 September 2006 | accessdate=2008-08-09] and with Cal Performances in San Francisco. [cite news | author=Joshua Kosman | title=Mark Morris keeps tastiest morsels of 'King Arthur' to cook up vibrant theatrical stew of song and dance | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/DDGPOLFJML1.DTL | work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=2 October 2006 | accessdate=2008-08-09] She made her debut at Santa Fe Opera in July 2008. [cite news | author=Anthony Tommasini | title=From Handel, Faithlessness and Devotion | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/arts/music/04figa.html | work=New York Times | date=4 August 2008 | accessdate=2008-08-09]

References

External links

* [http://www.ingpen.co.uk/artist_detail.php?aid=109 Ingpen & Williams Agency biography of Elizabeth Watts]
* [http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/competitions/KathleenFerrierAwards2006.htm Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2006 page on Elizabeth Watts]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2007/pages/england.shtml BBC webpage from the 2007 Cardiff Singer of the World]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/newgenerations/watts.shtml BBC New Generation Artists page on Elizabeth Watts]


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