Born: Edinburgh, Scotland, USA

The Scottish bass, Brian Bennatyne-Scott, studied at the University of St Andrew's and the GSAMD.

Brian Bennatyne-Scott has appeared in major venues and festivals such as La Scala, Milan, Paris Opera, Opera National du Rhin, the Salzburg Festival, English National Opera, the Royal Opera, and The Edinburgh International Festival. His recent engagements include Baron Ochs in Rosenkavalier in Bielefeld, Swallow in Opera North's award-winning Peter Grimes, Parson in the Cunning Little Vixen at the Bregenz Festival, Hobson in Peter Grimes in Brussels and Bilbao, Geronte in Manon Lescaut at Opera North and Poet in Philip Glass's Orphee at the ROH.

Brian Bennatyne-Scott's extensive discography includes King Arthur (Purcell) on DG Archiv, Midsummer Night's Dream on Philips, Händel's Tolomeo on Mondo Musica and L'Incoronazione di Poppea on EMI.

Source: Spiroark Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2008)

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