Willard White
T01548745048
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Willard White was born in Jamaica where he commenced his musical training at the Jamaican School of Music and then went on to the Juilliard School in New York. Willard White’s large repertoire includes the bass-baritone roles in operas by Bartok, Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Debussy, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Gershwin. His regular concert appearances include working with London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, La Scala Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestras and he is much in demand as a recitalist. His tribute to Paul Robeson, performed with a small group of versatile musicians and linking narrator, continues to be a huge success at Festivals, has been shown on BBC television and has now been issued on CD.
