Andrew Foster-Williams

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Andrew Foster-Williams (born in Wigan, Greater Manchester) is an English operatic bass-baritone, concert singer and recitalist.

Andrew Foster-Williams read music at the

Lieder
Prize.

Opera appearances include Friedrich von Telramund in

Netherlands Opera, and Don Pizarro in Fidelio for Theater an der Wien
.

Concert appearances have included

Mozarteum Orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton, Haydn's The Seasons with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis. He also performed song recitals in Venice and at the Wigmore Hall
in London.

He has worked with some other of the world's greatest orchestras including The London Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and The Netherlands Philharmonic

The Daily Telegraph in London named him their "Newcomer of the Year" and said "Andrew Foster-Williams is an impressively intelligent artist... we should be hearing more of him." In 2009 he sang the role of Marco in the world premiere recording of Saverio Mercadante's Virginia with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the Opera Rara label.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stephen Francis Vasta (July 2009). "Editor's Choice: MERCADANTE: VIRGINIA". Opera News. Vol. 74, no. 1. Retrieved 26 June 2009.

Andrew Foster-Williams' official website [1]