Keenlyside ruled the stage, with a performance that was both thrillingly physical…and searchingly musical.

—The New Yorker

Simon keenlyside performs An die Geliebte

Program

Songs by MAHLER, R. STRAUSS, DEBUSSY, DUPARC and BUTTERWORTH

Encore:
SCHUBERT: Der Einsame, D800
IRELAND: Sea Fever
PERCY GRAINGER: Sprig of Thyme
SCHUBERT: An Mein Klavier, D342

About This Performance

A charismatic, versatile singer and natural actor with commanding stage presence, Simon Keenlyside has been lauded for roles from Billy Budd to Prospero. But the true essence of his artistry can be experienced best in the intimacy of the recital hall, where his reputation as a gifted, lyrical storyteller is vibrantly apparent.

Artist Biography

Simon Keenlyside is one of Britain’s most sought after and charismatic singers, noted for his versatility and highly charged performances on stage. He has been acclaimed for Billy Budd and Prospero in the world premiere of Thomas Ades’ The Tempest at the Royal Opera House; Count Almaviva in Milan and Vienna under Muti; Don Giovanni in Ferrara under Abbado, Pelleas in San Francisco, Geneva, Paris, and most recently in Salzburg, Berlin and London under Rattle, his first Wozzeck at the Paris Opera, and Posa (Don Carlos) at the Royal Opera House under Pappano and at the Metropolitan Opera under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has recorded Des Knaben Wunderhorn under Rattle, the title role in Don Giovanni under Abbado, Carmina Burana under Thielemann, Marcello in La Bohème under Chailly, the title role in Billy Budd under Hickox, Count Almaviva under Jacobs and Papageno under Mackerras. Since appearing in recital at La Scala in 1998 he has gone on to give recitals all over the world. Simon will return to the Royal Opera House (Germont Père, Macbeth and Count Almaviva) and the Vienna State Opera (Posa, Renato, Rigoletto and Wozzeck). For Sony BMG Simon has released an orchestral arias disc, which won the Gramophone 2007 best recital award, an operetta disc with Angelika Kirchschlager and his latest release is a recital disc with Malcolm Martineau of Brahms Lieder and Schumann's Dichterliebe. His other latest release includes a recital disc of Schubert, Wolf, Fauré and Ravel also with Malcolm Martineau for Wigmore Live.

Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh, read Music at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and studied at the Royal College of Music. Recognized as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers, including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Solveig Kringelborn, Jonathan Lemalu, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Lisa Milne, Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel and Sarah Walker.

He has presented his own series at St. John’s Smith Square (the complete songs of Debussy and Poulenc), the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and Poulenc series broadcast by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe (including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein), North America (including in New York both Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall), Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) and at the Aix-en-Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg Festivals.

Recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu and Barbara Bonney (for Decca); Magdalena Kozena (for DG); Della Jones (for Chandos); Susan Bullock (for Crear Classics); Solveig Kringelborn (for NMA); Amanda Roocroft (for Onyx); the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; and the complete Beethoven Folk Songs for Deutsche Grammophon.

This season’s engagements include appearances with Sir Thomas Allen, Susan Graham, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Kate Royal, Michael Schade, and Bryn Terfel.

He was given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004.

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