Biography
The Australian-born bass-baritone Derek Welton is a regular guest at companies such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bayreuth Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Hamburg State Opera, Paris Opera, Bolshoi Theatre, Dutch National Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, in roles such as Wotan (Das Rheingold), Wanderer (Siegfried), Amfortas and Klingsor (Parsifal), König Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Orest (Elektra), Father (Hänsel und Gretel), Duke of Albany (Lear), Voland (Der Meister und Margarita), Bluebeard (Bluebeard’s Castle), Pizarro (Fidelio), Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen), Prus (The Makropulos Case), Saint-Bris (Les Huguenots), Pandolfe (Cendrillon) and Mozart’s Figaro.
Photo: Simon Pauly