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Carolyn Watkinson

Carolyn Watkinson (born 19 March 1949) is an English mezzo-soprano, specialising in baroque music. Her voice is alternately characterized as mezzo-soprano and contralto.

Watkinson was born in Preston and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and in The Hague. In 1978 she sang Rameau's Phèdre (''Hippolyte et Aricie'') at the English Bach Festival at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1979 she appeared as Monteverdi's Nero (''L'incoronazione di Poppea'') with De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. Also in 1979 she was featured as the contralto soloist in Christopher Hogwood's landmark recording of Handel's ''Messiah'', with the Academy of Ancient Music.

In 1981 Watkinson made her La Scala debut in the title role of ''Ariodante'' and sang Rossini's Rosina (''Il barbiere di Siviglia'') in Stuttgart. She appeared as Gluck's ''Orfeo'' (''Orfeo ed Euridice'') with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1982, and made her formal debut at Glyndebourne as Cherubino (Mozart's ''Le Nozze di Figaro'') in 1984.

In 1987 Watkinson toured Australia. She was a soloist in Bach's ''St. John Passion'' at Gloucester Cathedral in a performance shown on BBC TV on Good Friday in 1989. In 1990, she appeared as Dido in Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas'' at the Salerno Cathedral and sang Nero at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. Provided by Wikipedia
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    La resurrezione
    by Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759

    Published 1982
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    Gloria in D major ... RV 589
    by Vivaldi, Antonio 1678-1741

    Published 1978
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    Requiem KV 626
    by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

    Published 1979
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    Requiem K 626
    by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

    Published 1984
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    Duetti da camera
    by Steffani, Agostino 1654-1728

    Published 1982
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    Requiem: K. 626
    by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

    Published 1991
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    Cantatas: BWV 169 - 171 = Kantaten
    by Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750

    Published 2000
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    Rinaldo: Oper in drei Akten
    by Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759

    Published 1977
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    Xerxes: 1. Gesamtaufn.
    by Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759

    Published 1979
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