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Iain Paterson
Bass baritone
Biography
Iain Paterson studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Neilson Taylor and made his debut at the Opera North.
His career quickly took on an international dimension and he soon found himself cast in a variety of roles, including Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Amfortas (Parsifal), Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Jochanaan (Salomé), Oreste (Elektra), the Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen), Balstrode (Peter Grimes), and Wotan (The Ring) appearing in prestigious venues such as the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Royal Opera House in London, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the Houston Grand Opera, the Leipzig Opera, the Dresden Semperoper, the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, the Rome Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, and the Frankfurt Opera.
He was also a member of the English National Opera Company, during which time he sang the roles of Gunther, Leporello (Don Giovanni), Colline (La Bohème), and Amonasro (Aida) and performed in the world premiere production of Ryan Wiggleworth’s new opera The Winter’s Tales (the role of Leontes). He has made guest appearances at the Bayreuth Festival (Kurwenal, Wotan), the BBC Proms in London and the Edinburgh Festival (Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius). He has also sung the bass section of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on numerous occasions.
These last seasons, he has appeared as the Amfortas at the Baden-Baden Festival, Wotan and Der Wanderer (Siegfried) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Balstrode at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Kurwenal at the Vienna Staatsoper, and Jochanaan (Salome) at the Vienna Staatsoper and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.
During the 24/25 season, he portrays Jochanaan at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Wotan and Der Wanderer at the Vienna Staatsoper, among others.
At the Opéra national de Paris: L'Or du Rhin (Fasolt, Wotan), 2010, 2020; Le Crépuscule des dieux (Gunther), 2011; Siegfried (Der Wanderer), 2020; La Walkyrie (Wotan), 2020; Salomé (Jochanaan), 2022; The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow), 2024
