Alasdair Elliott

Born in Scotland, he studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Royal Opera appearances include Squeak (Billy Budd), Balthasar Zorn and Vogelgesang (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), roles in The Nose, Monostatos, Pong, Emperor Altoum, Innkeeper (Der Rosenkavalier), Don Curzio, Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), Andres (Wozzeck), Pásek (The Cunning Little Vixen), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Roudi (William Tell ) and Bardolph. Other engagements have included Hauk ( The Makrouolos Case ), Dancing Master (Ariadne auf Naxos), Beppe (Pagliacci), Mime (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Friedrich Engels (Marx in London) and Bardolph for Scottish Opera; Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Shvonder (A Dog’s Heart), Monostatos, Vítek (The Makropulos Case) and Brighella for English National Opera; Don Curzio, Zorn, Gamekeeper (Rusalka), Red Whiskers (Billy Budd), Bardolph, Vašek (The Bartered Bride), Snout and Monostatos for Glyndebourne, Sellem (The Rake’s Progress) in Lille, Andres, Goro and Snout in Tel Aviv, Spoletta (Tosca) in Seattle, and Torquemada (L’ heure espagnole) for La Monnaie.