Gillian Keith

Gillian Keith is a Canadian operatic soprano.

Gillian Keith was educated at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal and at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Opera

Gillian Keith's roles include:

• Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera and Opera de Oviedo
• Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera
• Poppea in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea in Theater Basel
• Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at English National Opera
• Soprano in Purcell's King Arthur at English National Opera and in San Francisco
• Soprano in Bach's St John Passion at English National Opera
• Dew Fairy in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at the BBC Proms

Recordings

• Gillian Keith Bei Strauss - Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Champs Hill Records
• Bach Cantatas Vol. 23: Arnstadt/Echternach – Gillian Keith (soprano); Daniel Taylor (countertenor); Charles Daniels (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (Bass); Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Label: Soli Deo Gloria
• Debussy - Early Songs - Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.
• Luigi Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (in Partita and Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado) – Gillian Keith (soprano); Paul Watkins (cello); BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Label: Chandos Records
• Debussy - Songs For His Muse - Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.

Awards

• 2000 Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize

Sources

• Crew, Robert, " Reunion for Gillian Keith; Soprano is back in town for Calisto Cavalli opera first performed in 1651 ", Toronto Star, 15 April 2004, p. G4
• Kathleen Ferrier Awards Winners (official website)
• Philharmonia Orchestra, Gillian Keith