Iain Paterson

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Iain Paterson (born 1973) is a Scottish bass-baritone singer who has appeared in opera and concert.

He was born in Glasgow. [1] His first study was the violin, [1] but his voice was recognised as his more important calling by his teachers at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. [2] He sang in the chorus of Opera North for four years. [3]

He sang as a bass for ten years, later extending his range to bass-baritone. [4]

Paterson has sung with the English National Opera in a number of productions, including Mozart's Don Giovanni . [1] He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2007 as Fasolt in Wagner's Das Rheingold under Sir Simon Rattle. [2] He first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Gunther in Wagner's Götterdämmerung in 2009, under James Levine. [1]

He sang in the Australian premiere of Shostakovich's 13th Symphony in 2008. [1] His other concert repertoire includes Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius , Mendelssohn's Elijah , Verdi's Requiem and Handel's Messiah . [2]

He has also sung in his native Scotland with various companies, [5] the Paris Opera, the Chicago Opera Theater, at the Bregenz Festival, and at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. [2]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Intermusica". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Christiansen, Rupert (28 October 2010). "Iain Paterson interview for Don Giovanni". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Iain Paterson: English National Opera's Mr Mephistopheles: interviewed by Jim Pritchard (JPr)". Musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Iain Paterson | Opera Scotland". Operascotland.org. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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