Alasdair Elliott

Born in Scotland, he studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 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 (The Magic Flute), Pong, Emperor Altoum (Turandot), Innkeeper (Der Rosenkavalier), Don Curzio (Le nozze di Figaro), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), Andres (Wozzeck), Pásek (The Cunning Little Vixen), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Roudi (William Tell) and Bardolph (Falstaff). Other engagements have included 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 (The Nose) and Monostatos for Glyndebourne, Sellem (The Rake’s Progress) in Lille, Der Schatzgräber in Amsterdam, Andres and Snout in Tel Aviv, Spoletta (Tosca) in Seattle, Torquemada (L’heure espagnole) for La Monnaie, Brussels and Dr Caius (Falstaff) for the Barbican (Grammy Award-winning recording).