William Berger

William Berger, described by Gramophone Magazine as “ […] one of the best of our younger baritones,” is an Associate and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and has been a member of the “Young Singers” programme at English National Opera. After his opera debut as Ormonte in Partenope in Göttingen (2001), he went on to sing Zebul in Jephtha and Mercurio in Atalanta there. He has sung in operatic productions at the Festival Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, the Handel & Haydn Society (Boston) and with the Mark Morris Dance Company. His roles include Guglielmo (Così fan Tutte), Don Giovanni, Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Harasta (The Cunning Little Vixen). William Berger’s concert repertoire ranges from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Apollo e Dafne, Carmina Burana and Fauré’s Requiem to the world premiere of Michael Stimpson’s The Angry Garden. He has given song recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Oxford Lieder Festival. Numerous CD recordings illustrate his artistic achievements.