Owen Willetts
Counter Tenor
Most recent and future engagements of Owen Willetts include MALACHIA in the world premiere of Filidei’s Il nome della rosa and TRINCULO The Tempest Teatro alla Scala di Milano, MALACHIA Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, OTTONE L’incoronazione di Poppea Theater Basel, VITALIANO in Legrenzi’s Giustino Pinchgut Opera Australia, CASTLE CROW in Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen Bayerische Staatsoper München and Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and HAMOR Jephtha (c), POLINESSO Ariodante (c) and ATHAMAS Semele (c) ROH Covent Garden.
Past engagements include Orlando (title role) Halle Händelfestspiele and Staatstheater Darmstadt, HELICON Caligula and OBERON A Midsummer Night’s Dream Staatsoper Hannover, OTTONE L’Incoronazione di Poppea Pinchgut Opera, Theater Aachen, TULLIO Arminio Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Theater an der Wien and Händel Festspiele Göttingen, HAMOR Jeptha Landestheater für Vorarlberg, Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno Opernhaus Halle, NARCISO Agrippina Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Göttingen and Brisbane Baroque, Handel’s Giulio Cesare (title) Finnish National Opera, and ORFEO Orfeo ed Euridice and ARSACE in Handel’s Partenope Boston Baroque. He sang FARINELLI Farinelli and the King Duke of York Theatre, Westend and sang at Wiener Konzerthaus, Birmingham Opera Company, Oper Bonn, Theater Heilbronn, Buxton Festival, Nationale Reisopera, Opera Queensland, and Virginia Opera.
He performed concerts with Les Musicians de Louvre, Telemann Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Early Music Festival, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Dunedin Consort, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Lautten Compagney Berlin and worked with Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Emmanuelle Haim, Marc Minkowsi, Martin Pearlman, Howard Arman and Raphael Pichon.
Owen was a choral scholar at Lichfield Cathedral and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
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Christopher Broom
Phone: +44 208 768 6604
Mobile: +44 7778794397
Email: chris@atholestill.co.uk
Representation: Worldwide
"Owen Willetts (Ottone) has a lovely clear voice and an engaging warm tone, and his experience in Baroque opera is clearly evident."
Bachtrack
"Owen Willetts displayed an astonishing countertenor voice that lingers in the memory. His voice is dark, dark, and darker with a power and projection that reminded me of early Derek Lee Ragin or perhaps Bejun Mehta. His expressive features and obvious facility for dramatic expression complete the picture."
Opera Today
"Die Auswahl Owen Willetts für diese Rolle (Orlando) mit seinem brennend-energischen Gesicht und der gesanglichen Counterhöhe war ein Volltreffer."
Frankfurter Rundschau
"Herausragendes leistet der Countertenor Owen Willetts in der Titelpartie (Orlando). Er bewältigt nicht nur bravourös all die gesangstechnischen Schwierigkeiten, sondern interagiert auch ungemein beweglich."
FAZ
"In impressive fashion, the countertenor Owen Willetts (Orfeo) almost became one of those gymnasts, yet never faltering muscially. The terrible threefold cry 'Euridice' declared the emotional and dramatic character of the whole opera. His tone was full and expressive and, despite the fact that he was onstage for the entire time, there was never any hint of fatigue."
Opera
"In the role of Vitaliano he delighted the audience with his classic Baddie intentions, easily pivoting in a totally different direction following the great plot twist. He is a wonderful voice and fun actor."
Sydney Arts Guide
