Donald Maxwell
Donald Maxwell - baryton
Scottish baritone Donald Maxwell made his Royal Opera debut in 1987 as English Archer (The King Goes Forth to France) and has returned regularly to The Royal Opera since, his many roles including Herald (Lohengrin), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Krušina (The Bartered Bride), Fritz Kothner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Lockit (The Beggar’s Opera), Alcindoro (La bohème), Hortensius (La Fille du régiment) and Second Priest (Die Zauberflöte). In the 2015/16 Season he sings Sacristan (Tosca) for The Royal Opera and Dai Great Coat (In Parenthesis) for Welsh National Opera at the Royal Opera House.
Maxwell was born in Perth and studied geography at Edinburgh University and singing with Joseph Hislop. He is a former member of Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera, and has sung leading roles with all the major British opera companies and with international companies including the Metropolitan Opera, New York, La Scala, Milan, Vienna State Opera and Paris Opéra. His repertory has included many key baritone and bass-baritone roles, including Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Pizarro (Fidelio), Don Pasquale, Rigoletto, Iago (Otello), Falstaff, the Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer), Escamillo (Carmen), Marcello (La bohème), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Scarpia (Tosca), Jack Rance (La fanciulla del West), Baron Zeta (Die lustige Witwe), Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Athlete (Lulu) and Wozzeck. His many character roles include Fra Melitone (La forza del destino), Somarone (Béatrice et Bénédict), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado) and Doolittle (My Fair Lady).
Maxwell was Artistic Director of Buxton Festival (1999) and has been Director of the National Opera Studio (2001–08) and Head of Opera Studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2004–09). He regularly sings in concert, on television and radio and in recordings.
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Jun-Jul 16  |
In Parenthesis | Dai Great Coat en | Royal Opera, London | C: C Rizzi; D: Pountney | |
| May-Jun 16 |
In Parenthesis | Dai Great Coat en | Welsh National Opera, Cardiff | C: C Rizzi; D: Pountney | |
| Jan-Feb 16 |
Tosca | Sagrestano | Royal Opera, London | C: Villaume / Paul Wynne Griffiths; D: Jonathan Kent | |
| Sep 14-Jan 15 |
La boheme | Benoît it | The Metropolitan Opera, New York | C: Frizza; D: Zeffirelli | |
| Jul 14 |
La boheme | Alcindoro it | Royal Opera, London | C: C Meister; D: J Copley | |
| Jun 14 |
La gazzetta | Director | Royal College of Music, London | C: M Rosewell; | |
| May 14 |
Peter Grimes | Swallow en | Opernhaus Zürich | C: Erik Nielsen; D: Pountney | |
| Mar 14 |
La Fille du regiment | Hortensius fr | Royal Opera, London | C: Y Abel; D: L Pelly | |
| Jan-Apr 14 |
La boheme | Benoît it | The Metropolitan Opera, New York | C: Ranzani; D: Zeffirelli | |
| Dec 13-Jan 14 |
My Fair Lady | Alfred P Doolittle | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris | C: Ogren; D: Carsen | |
| Jul 13 |
Noye’s Fludde | Voice of God | Cheltenham Festival | C: Glyn Oxley; D: Derbyshire | |
| Apr-May 13 |
Die Zauberflote | 2. Priest | Royal Opera, London | C: Julia Jones; D: McVicar | |
| Dec 12-Mar 13 |
La boheme | Alcindoro | Royal Opera, London | C: Mark Elder / Alexander Joel; D: J Copley | |
| Dec 12-Jan 13 |
The Mikado | Pooh-Bah en | English National Opera, London | C: D Parry; D: Jonathan Miller / Tyler-Hall | |
| Jun-Jul 12 |
La boheme | Alcindoro it | Glyndebourne | C: Karabits; D: McVicar / Blakeley | |
| Apr-Jun 12 |
La boheme | Alcindoro | Royal Opera, London | C: S Bychkov / J Lacombe; D: J Copley | |
| Apr-May 12 |
La Fille du regiment | Hortensius | Royal Opera, London | C: Y Abel; D: L Pelly / Christian Rath |
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