Nicholas Folwell
Nicholas Folwell, who is bi-lingual in German and English, made his début at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as HaraštaThe Cunning Little Vixen under Sir Simon Rattle. For English National Opera he sang in the world premières of Timon of Athens by Stephen Oliver (role of Mutius), Blond Eckbert by Judith Weir (title role) and Dr Ox’s Experiment by Gavin Bryars (role of Mr van Tricasse).
Nicholas Folwell’s international opera engagements have included Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen in Nantes, Alberich Das Rheingold and Siegfried with the Nationale Reisopera, Dreieinigkeitsmoses Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny for the Opera d’Angers-Nantes and Opera de Lille, Koroviev in the world premiere of York Höller’s Der Meister und Margarita at the Paris Opera, Ottokar Der Freischütz at the Zwingenberger Festival, Marullo in Frankfurt, Belcore L’elisir d’amore, Germont La traviata, Figaro Le nozze di Figaro for Opera Zuid, Dr Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro at the Festival Rotas dos Monumentos in Portugal and various roles in L’Heure Espagnol and L’Enfant et les Sortiléges for Opera Zuid in Maastricht
Other roles for ENO have included Sancho Panza Don Quixotte (Massenet), Tonio I pagliacci, Sharpless Madam Butterfly, Poacher and Forester The Cunning Little Vixen, The Music Master Ariadne on Naxos, Major Mary Die Soldaten (Zimmermann), Bosun Billy Budd, The Host of the Garter Inn Sir John in Love (Vaughan Williams), Papageno The Magic Flute, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro, Falke Die Fledermaus, The Chief of Police Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Police Commissioner Der Rosenkavalier.
For Scottish Opera Nicholas Folwell performed Dr Bartolo Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mumlal The Two Widows (Smetana), The Four Villains The Tales of Hoffman, Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen, Melitone La forza del destino and Creon and Messenger Oedipus Rex.
Nicholas Folwell’s other UK engagements have included Pizzaro and Figaro for Glyndebourne on Tour, and Alberich Das Rheingold, Beckmesser Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Leporello Don Giovanni and Count Laski Le Roi Malgré Lui (Chabrier) for Opera North. For Welsh National Opera he sang the roles of Figaro, Leporello, Escamillo Carmen, Don Pizzaro Fidelio, Melitone, Harašta, Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen, Melot Tristan und Isolde and Klingsor Parsifal which he recorded under Sir Reginald Goodall. His roles for Opera Holland Park have included Monterone Rigoletto, Sharpless, Pizarro and Benoit and Alcindoro La Boheme.
Nicholas Folwell has also appeared in concert performances of several stage works, including The Seven Deadly Sins at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Sinfonietta and the Mahagonny Songspiel in Symphony Hall with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, both under Sir Simon Rattle, and Pizzaro with Kurt Masur and the London Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall. In the Queen Elizabeth Hall he sang Lysiart Euyranthe under Mark Elder and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the title role in Der Fliegende Holländer for Chelsea Opera Group. He has also sung concert performances of Bluebeard Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Paul Die Tote Stadt, Simone Trovai Violante (Korngold), and Méphistophélès Faust et Hélène (Lili Boulanger).
Nicholas Folwell’s concert appearances include Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Gary Bertini in Torino and also at the QEH with Martyn Brabbins, The Dream of Gerontius with Yuri Simanov in Brussels, and the world premieres of Ian Hamilton’s Prometheus in Cambridge, Vinko Globokar’s Sternbild der Grenze in Paris and Claudio Ambrosini’s Proverbs of Hell for RAI in Rome.
Nicholas Folwell’s other world premières include the leading role of Pope Clement V1 in Light Passing by Nicola LeFanu in York, which was broadcast by BBC TV and a new Judith Weir opera, Armida written for television and filmed in Morocco for Channel 4 TV.
His frequent broadcasts for the BBC include Zemlinsky’s Haushoffsmeister Der Zwerg, The Short Prisoner From the House of the Dead, and roles in Harrison Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus, and Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel at the BBC Proms.
Nicholas Folwell’s recent UK engagements have included Alberich Das Rheingold for Opera North, Brander The Damnation of Faust for ENO, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Kuligin Katya Kabanova, Police Commissioner Der Rosenkavalier and Antonio The Marriage of Figaro for English National Opera, Charles For You and The Doctor Punch and Judy (Birtwistle) for Music Theatre Wales, and Alberich and Hunding in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Don Alfonso for Longborough Festival Opera.
His future appearances include Nachtigall Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Royal Opera, Alberich Siegfried for Den Nye Opera under Kent Nagano, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro for Glyndebourne Festival, Alberich Gotterdammerung for Nationale Reisopera and Tiger Brown Die Dreigroschenoper with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowsky.
November 2011
For Scottish Opera he performed Dr Bartolo Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mumlal The Two Widows (Smetana), The Four Villains The Tales of Hoffman, Figaro, Alberich, Melitone and Creon & The Messenger Oedipus Rex. For Glyndebourne on Tour he has sung Pizzaro and Figaro. Roles at Opera North have included Beckmesser, Leporello and Count Laski in Chabrier’s Le Roi Malgré Lui. At Opera Holland Park he has sung Monterrone Rigoletto, Sharpless Madama Butterfly, Pizarro Fidelio and Benoit & Alcindoro La Boheme. With Welsh National Opera his roles include Figaro and Leporello, Pizzaro, Melitone, Escamillo, The Poacher The Cunning Little Vixen, Alberich, Melot and Klingsor which he recorded under Sir Reginald Goodall.
Nicholas Folwell’s international opera engagements have included Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen in Nantes, Alberich Das Rheingold with Nationale Reisopera, Dreieinigkeitsmoses Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny for the Opera d’Angers-Nantes and Opera de Lille, Koroviev in the world premiere of York Höller’s Der Meister und Margarita at the Paris Opera, Figaro for Opera Zuid, Masetto for New Israeli Opera, Ottokar Der Freischütz at the Zwingenberger Festival, Marullo in Frankfurt, Belcore L’Elisir d’Amore, Germont La traviata, and Dr Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro at the Festival Rotas dos Monumentos in Portugal and various roles in L’Heure Espagnol and L’Enfant et les Sortiléges for Opera Zuid in Maastricht
Nicholas Folwell has also appeared in concert performances of several stage works, including The Seven Deadly Sins, at London’s South Bank Centre, and with the London Sinfonietta and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Pizzaro with Kurt Masur and the LPO at the Festival Hall, Lysiart Euyranthe with Mark Elder and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bluebeard Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Paul Die Tote Stadt, Simone Trovai Violante by Erich Korngold, Méphistophélès Faust et Hélène by Lili Boulanger and the title role in Der Fliegende Holländer for Chelsea Opera Group at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, London.
Nicholas Folwell’s concert repertoire ranges from Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Gary Bertini in Torino and at the QEH with Martyn Brabbins, The Dream of Gerontius with Yuri Simanov in Brussels to contemporary works such as the world premieres of Ian Hamilton’s Prometheus in Cambridge, Vinko Globokar’s Sternbild der Grenze in Paris and Claudio Ambrosini’s Proverbs of Hell for RAI in Rome. His frequent broadcasts for the BBC include Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg with Lothar Zargrosek, The Short Prisoner From the House of the Dead, Harrison Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus, and The Fiery Angel at the BBC Proms.
Recent UK engagements have included Antonio Le nozze di Figaro for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Kuligin Katya Kabanova, the Police Commissioner Der Rosenkavalier and Antonio Le nozze di Figaro for English National Opera, Charles For You and The Doctor Punch and Judy (Birtwistle) for Music Theatre Wales, and Alberich and Hunding in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Don Alfonso for Longborough Festival Opera.
Operatic world premières Nicholas Folwell has performed include the leading role of Pope Clement V1 in Light Passing by Nicola LeFanu in York, which was broadcast by BBC TV and a new Judith Weir opera, Armida written for television and filmed in Morocco for Channel 4 TV.
Nicholas Folwell’s future appearances include Nachtigall Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Royal Opera, Brander The Damnation of Faust for ENO, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro for Glyndebourne Festival, Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen and the Forester Cunning Little Vixen for Nationale Reisopera and Alberich Siegfried for Den Nye Opera under Kent Nagano.
March 2011
