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Baritone Derek Welton is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, Australia, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in German and Linguistics, and of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, holding Master of Music (Vocal Studies) and Master of Music Performance (Opera Studies) degrees with Distinction.

Derek has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Opera North (UK), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and many other houses in roles including Pangloss/Martin (Candide), Silvano (La Calisto), King Hildebrand (Dove’s The Enchanted Pig), Vertigo (Gluck’s La rencontre imprévue), Creonte (Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo), Mozart’s Figaro, Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso (cover), Masetto, Guglielmo, Papageno and Speaker, the Bonze (Madama Butterfly), Mill (La cambiale di matrimonio), Salieri’s Falstaff, King (Sallinen’s The King goes forth to France), Der Pfleger des Orest (Elektra), Geisterbote (cover, Die Frau ohne Schatten), Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Monterone (Rigoletto) and Donner (Das Rheingold).  Derek’s numerous competition successes include the first prize in the Handel Singing Competition and the Australian Youth Aria and second prize the Herald Sun Aria.  He will appear as a finalist in the Emmerich Smola Förderpreis in Germany in January 2012.

A sought-after concert artist, Derek has performed at venues including the Barbican, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Sheldonian Theatre, St John's, Smith Square, Wigmore Hall and Hamer Hall (Melbourne), as soloist in over fifty choral and orchestral works as well as a diverse range of song repertoire.  Conductors with whom Derek has worked include Ivor Bolton, John Butt, Christian Curnyn, Richard Egarr, Richard Farnes, Leo Hussain, Stephen Layton, Stefan Soltesz, Warwick Stengårds, David Syrus and Antony Walker.

Forthcoming opera roles include a reprise of his performances as the Bonze for Grange Park Opera and Mozart’s Figaro for Glyndebourne on Tour.  Forthcoming concert engagements Poulenc’s Le bal masqué with the City of London Sinfonia, Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony with the Dundee Choral Union, a European tour of Bach’s St John Passion with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark.  Derek features on two recordings: a solo CD of Vaughan Williams with Iain Burnside, piano, for Albion Records (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★); and the Pinchgut Records CD of his performance as Creonte in Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo.

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Critical acclaim of Derek Welton’s performances includes the following:

‘The soloist is the young Australian Derek Welton, whose manly, oaken baritone is sensitively offset by Iain Burnside’s superbly supportive accompaniments.’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Welton is an excellent singer, his vibrant baritone perfect for the swaggering nature of some of the songs, while he can scale down tenderly for others’ (International Record Review, December 2011)

‘Derek Welton has a rich yet flexible voice.  It sounds effortless and I could listen to him all day.  He is sensitively accompanied by Iain Burnside, and the recording is vibrant and well balanced.’ (Presto Classical)

‘Welton’s diction is so clear that I found it unnecessary to refer to the words … It is refreshing to hear a singer who does not strain and these songs are a showcase for the enormous range of vocal colour and the faultless sense of rhythm at his disposal.  He is not afraid to act with his voice and his ability to express humour, intimacy and nobility with feeling that is genuine, marks him in my mind, as an interpreter of art song who deserves encouragement and further opportunities to perform and record in this genre.’ (Wendy Hiscocks, British Music Society News)

‘Derek Welton sang Donner with a magisterial tone and although I could find no previous Wagnerian roles in his credits it seems likely he could forge a successful career in the Heldenbariton repertory.’ (Opera Britannia)

‘Best were … an urgent and vocally compelling Evangelist, and Derek Welton, whose Jesus had a great booming baritone, relaxed phrasing … His final aria, Mache dich, was a thing of real beauty.’ (The Guardian)

‘Derek Welton’s Christ was particularly outstanding, as was his singing of the two final bass arias in Part Two: time stood still for Komm, süßes Kreuz.’ (Seen and Heard International)

‘In counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and baritone Derek Welton the EOC had trump cards. When Welton thundered ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth’, he did pretty much that: every aria he sang had an easy, unforced majesty.’ (The Independent)

‘Smoky toned bass-baritone Derek Welton sang with alluring warmth and resounding power’ (The Australian)

‘A complete artist, odd to find so mature a figure in a youth opera, but one of those performers you can’t take your eyes off when he is onstage.’ (Spectator)

‘It also showcased a number of fine performances, none finer than … the baritone Derek Welton’s virile-voiced, authoritative King.’ (Opera)

‘It portrays the transformation of the King (grippingly depicted by the fine Australian bass-baritone Derek Welton) from foppish idealist to boozed-up totalitarian monster.’ (The Times)

‘Derek Welton’s King sings with immense authority while morphing from infantile monarch to loud-mouthed sadist.’ (Financial Times)

‘Welton was again the star … Welton’s wonderfully controlled and expressive singing, clear enunciation and confident stage presence confirmed that he is a young artist with a great future … Welton’s voice seemed made for this music.’ (Oxford Times)

‘A voice as rich and dark as the finest chocolate.’ (Herald Sun)

‘A star in the making.’ (The Age)

Après avoir reçu un Bachelors en linguistique et germanistique de l’Université de Melbourne, le baryton Australien Derek Welton a suivi cursus «Masters» en Musique et Opéra à la Guildhall School of Music and Drama à Londres.  Il a remporté, entre autres, les premiers prix dans la Handel Singing Competition de Londres et la Australian Youth Aria, et le deuxième prix dans la Herald Sun Aria de Melbourne, et il apparaîtra en tant que finaliste du Emmerich Smola Förderpreis en Allemagne en janvier 2012.

Derek a chanté au Festival de Salzbourg, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opera North (Royaume-Uni) et divers autres dans les rôles, y compris Pangloss/Martin dans Candide, Silvano dans La Calisto, King Hildebrand dans The Enchanted Pig de Jonathan Dove, Vertigo dans La rencontre imprévue de Gluck, Creonte dans L’anima del filosofo de Haydn, Figaro, Le comte Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Masetto, Guglielmo, Papageno et Sprecher de Mozart, Bonzo dans Madama Butterfly, Mill dans La cambiale di matrimonio, Falstaff de Salieri, le Roi dans Le Roi se rend en France de Sallinen, Nick Shadow dans The Rake’s Progress, Monterone dans Rigoletto et Donner dans Das Rheingold.

On a pu l’entendre en concert, entre autres, au Barbican, à l’Église de St. Jean dans Smith Square, à la Bridgewater Hall, la Royal Albert Hall, la Wigmore Hall et la Hamer Hall (Melbourne), dans des œuvres chorales et orchestrales plus de cinquante ainsi que d’une gamme diversifiée de répertoire de la chanson.  Il a chanté comme soliste sous la direction de chefs tels que Ivor Bolton, John Butt, Christian Curnyn, Richard Egarr, Richard Farnes, Leo Hussain, Stephen Layton, Stefan Soltesz, Warwick Stengårds et Antony Walker.

Les engagements futurs comprennent Le bal masqué de Poulenc avec la City of London Sinfonia, A Sea Symphony de Vaughan Williams avec la Dundee Choral Union, la Passion selon saint Matthieu de Bach avec l’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, une reprise de ses performances que Bonzo à la Grange Park Opera, Figaro de Mozart à Glyndebourne on Tour et l’Oratorio de Noël de Bach avec le Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester au Danemark.  On peut entendre Derek Welton dans deux enregistrements:  On Christmas Day (Arrangements de chansons folkloriques de Vaughan Williams) avec Iain Burnside (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★) et dans le rôle de Creonte dans L’anima del filosofo de Haydn (Pinchgut Live).

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Der australische Bariton Derek Welton erhielt nach seinem Bachelor in Deutsch und Sprachwissenschaften an der Universität Melbourne seine Gesangsausbildung an der Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.  Er gewann u.a. die Ersten Preise beim Londoner Händel-Gesangswettbewerbs und Australian Youth Aria Wettbewerb und den Zweiten Preis beim Herald Sun Aria Wettbewerb in Melbourne.  Er wird im Januar 2012 als Finalist im Emmerich Smola Förderpreis in Deutschland erscheinen.

Auf der Opernbühne bei u.a. der Salzburger Festspiele, dem Teatro dell’Opera di Roma und der Opera North (Großbritannien) war Derek Welton u.a. in folgenden Rollen zu erleben: Pangloss/Martin in Candide, Silvano in La Calisto, King Hildebrand in Jonathan Doves The Enchanted Pig, Vertigo in Glucks La rencontre imprévue, Creonte in Haydns L’anima del filosofo, Mozarts Figaro, Graf Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Masetto, Guglielmo, Papageno und Sprecher, Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Mill in La cambiale di matrimonio, Salieris Falstaff, der König in Sallinens Der König begibt sich nach Frankreich, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Monterone in Rigoletto und Donner in Das Rheingold.

Als Konzertsänger trat Derek Welton u.a. im Barbican Centre, in der St. Johns Kirche am Smith Square, in der Bridgewater Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall und Hamer Hall (Melbourne), in mehr also 50 Chor- und Orchesterwerken auf.  Er arbeitete mit Dirigenten wie Ivor Bolton, John Butt, Christian Curnyn, Richard Egarr, Richard Farnes, Leo Hussain, Stephen Layton, Stefan Soltesz, Warwick Stengårds und Antony Walker.

Derek Welton wird im folgenden Jahr u.a. als in Poulencs Le bal masqué mit der City of London Sinfonia, in Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony mit dem Dundee Choral Union, in Bachs Johannes-Passion mit dem Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, als Bonzo mit der Grange Park Opera, als Mozarts Figaro mit Glyndebourne on Tour, und in Bachs Weihnachts-Oratorium mit dem Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Dänemark zu hören sein.  Derek Derek ist auch auf folgenden CDs zu hören:  On Christmas Day (Vereinbarungen des Volksliedes von Vaughan Williams) mit Iain Burnside (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★) und als Creonte in Haydns L’anima del filosofo (Pinchgut Live).

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Il baritono australiano Derek Welton ha ottenuto il Bachelor of Arts all’Università di Melbourne, specializzandosi in linguistica e tedesco, e alla Guildhall School of Music and Drama di Londra ha ottenuto il Master of Music (Studi Vocali) e Master of Music Performance (Studi di Opera) con lode.  Ha ricevuto, tra gli altri, i primi premi nel Handel Singing Competition di Londra e nell’Australian Youth Aria, e il secondo premio nella Herald Sun Aria di Melbourne.  Apparirà come finalista al Emmerich Smola Förderpreis in Germania nel gennaio 2012.

Derek ha cantato al Festival di Salisburgo, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opera North (Regno Unito) e in molti altri posti, in ruoli quali Pangloss/Martin in Candide, Silvano ne La Calisto, King Hildebrand in The Enchanted Pig di Jonathan Dove, Vertigo ne La rencontre imprévue di Gluck, Creonte ne L’anima del filosofo di Haydn, Figaro, il Conte Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Masetto, Guglielmo, Papageno e Sprecher di Mozart, Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Mill ne La cambiale di matrimonio, Falstaff di Salieri, il Re ne Il Re va in Francia di Sallinen, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Monterone in Rigoletto e Donner in Das Rheingold.

Concertista ricercato, si è esibito, fra gli altri, al Barbican, alla Chiesa di San Giovanni in Smith Square, alla Bridgewater Hall, alla Royal Albert Hall, alla Wigmore Hall e alla Hamer Hall (Melbourne), come solista in oltre cinquanta opere corali e orchestrali e di un vasto repertorio delle canzoni.  Ha collaborato con direttori quali Ivor Bolton, John Butt, Christian Curnyn, Richard Egarr, Richard Farnes, Leo Hussain, Stephen Layton, Stefan Soltesz, Warwick Stengårds e Antony Walker.

Impegni futuri comprendono Le bal masché di Poulenc con la City of London Sinfonia, A Sea Symphony di Vaughan Williams col Dundee Choral Union, la Passione secondo Matteo di Bach con l’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, una ripetizione della sua interpretazione del ruolo dello Bonzo alla Grange Park Opera, Figaro di Mozart a Glyndebourne on Tour e l’Oratorio di Natale di Bach con la Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Danimarca.  Si può ascoltare Derek Welton in due registrazioni: On Christmas Day (arrangiamenti di canzone popolare di Vaughan Williams) con Iain Burnside (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★), e la registrazione della sua interpretazione del ruolo di Creonte ne L’anima del filosofo di Haydn (Pinchgut Live).

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