Baritone
Born in London, Michael Druiett studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio. Studies with Norman Bailey, and, more recently, with Sir John Tomlinson led to his debut as Wotan in Opera North’s Das Rheingold. He returned to the company to sing Der Wanderer in Siegfried. He also took part in Opera North’s complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen in 2016, a performance currently to be seen on BBC Online.
Michael Druiett began his career at English National Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, since when he has appeared as a guest with companies including English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Welsh National Opera, La Monnaie, Brussels, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, L’Opéra national de Lyon, L’Opéra national de Montpellier, L’Opéra national de Paris and the New Israeli Opera.
His repertoire includes Sergeant Budd in Albert Herring, Mr Redburn in Billy Budd, Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Prince Ivan Khovansky in Khovanschina, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Misha in The Bartered Bride, Jokanaan in Salome, Amonasro in Aïda, Monterone in Rigoletto and Donner in Das Rheingold for Scottish Opera.
Recent and current engagements include Hobson in Peter Grimes for the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Inspector / Uncle in The Trial for Scottish Opera, The Bonze in Madam Butterfly for Glyndebourne on Tour, a return to Opera North to sing Wotan in Das Rheingold, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for the Leeds International Concert Season.
Michael Druiett continues his studies with Sherman Lowe.
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