Person Open DS/UK/12683 Shimell; William (1952-); English baritone Shimell William 1952- English baritone Male

The English baritone, William Shimell , (born: September 23, 1952 - Brentwood, Essex, England), William Shimell made his debut in 1980 with Kent Opera as an Usher in Rigoletto. He sang Young Scrooge in Musgrave's Christmas Carol at Sadler's Wells in 1981, and Count Almaviva at Glyndebourne in 1984. He has sung with Opera North, Scottish Opera, the Welsh National Opera and the English National Opera, in Paris and Amsterdam, and at La Scala, where he sang Baron Dourlinski in Cherubini's Lodoiska in 1991, and Covent Garden, where he made his debut in 1985 as Schaunard, returning as Guglielmo, Albert (Werther) and the Count in Capriccio, which he also sang in San Francisco in 1990. William Shimell's repertory includes Mozart's Figaro, Papageno, Dandini, Malatesta, Mercutio, Tomsky, Marcello, Sharpless and Nick Shadow. www.bach-cantatas.co.uk International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 2/14/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 d35f0141-888f-4023-a6ca-5ddff35afe23