Simon Keenlyside
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Biography
Simon Keenlyside is a British operatic baritone born as Sir Simon Keenlyside on August 3, 1959, in London. He achieved professional recognition for a musical career characterized by his roles in major international opera houses and for creating the role of Prospero in the opera The Tempest. Keenlyside achieved professional recognition for a career that began after he was a boy chorister at St John's College School and studied voice at the Royal Northern College of Music. He achieved professional recognition for his operatic debut as Lescaut in the opera Manon Lescaut in 1987 and his professional debut as Count Almaviva in the opera The Marriage of Figaro in 1988. His recording career included the studio recording Marriage of Figaro (2004) which received a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2005. Keenlyside achieved professional recognition for creating the role of Winston Smith in the world premiere of the opera 1984 in 2005. His discography included the recital studio recording Tales of Opera (2007) which received a Gramophone Award. Keenlyside achieved professional recognition for being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 and receiving a knighthood in 2018. He achieved professional recognition for being awarded the title of Kammersänger by the Austrian government in 2017.
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- Jenkins: Ave verum Corpus featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Questo mar rosso" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Schubert: La pastorella al prato (Male Partsong), D. 513 featuring John Mark Ainsley
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "O soave fanciulla" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 2 - "Quando men vo" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Requiem, Op.48: VI. Libera me featuring Winchester Cathedral Choir
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 3 - "Marcello. Finalmente!" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Schubert: Trinklied, D. 75 "Freunde, sammelt euch im Kreise" featuring John Mark Ainsley
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 3 - "Mimì è una civetta" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 3 - "Mimì è tanto malata!" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: No. 11, Fin ch'han dal vino "Champagne Aria" featuring Claudio Abbado
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: No. 7, Duet. LÃ ci darem la mano featuring Claudio Abbado
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 4 - "In un coupé?" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Eri tu che macchiavi featuring Claudio Abbado
- Schumann: 3 Gesänge, Op. 31: No. 1, Die Löwenbraut featuring Graham Johnson
- Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a: No. 6, Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt featuring Graham Johnson
- Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a: No. 8, An die Türen will ich schleichen featuring Graham Johnson
- Suo Gân featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a: No. 2, Ballade des Harfners featuring Graham Johnson
- Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a: No. 4, Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass featuring Graham Johnson
- Anonymous: Good King Wenceslas featuring Stephen Cleobury
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1: "Io resto" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Act 2 - "No, Pagliaccio non son" - "Suvvia, cosi terribile" featuring Simon Keenlyside
