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Derek Welton
Bass baritone
Biography
Derek Welton studied linguistics and German at the University of Melbourne and vocal performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He appears in a wide-ranging repertoire, spanning from Bach and Handel to contemporary music. He is regularly invited by institutions such as the Royal Ballet and Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna State Opera, the Bayreuth Festival, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Semperoper Dresden, the Teatro Real in Madrid, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
He has performed the roles of Wotan/The Wanderer (Der Ring des Nibelungen), the Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer), King Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Heinrich der Vogler (Lohengrin), Orestes (Elektra), Bluebeard (Bluebeard’s Castle), Pizarro (Fidelio), and the Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen). During the 2025–2026 season, he will notably appear as Orestes in Vienna, the Dutchman in Salzburg, King Marke in Houston, Claggart (Billy Budd) in Lyon, Pizarro in Zurich, Heinrich der Vogler and the Wanderer in Budapest, and will perform works by Bach in concert at Grafenegg as well as Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in London.
At the Opéra national de Paris: Herzog von Albany (Lear), 2019; Das Rheingold (Wotan), 2025.
Currently in
- Opéra Bastille
- from 17 to 31 January 2026
