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Gillian Keith (born 3 April 1972 in Toronto) is a Canadian/British operatic soprano, originally from Toronto, Canada, and living in London, UK.
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Keith was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal, and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
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Keith's roles include:
- Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera and Opera de Oviedo
- Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera
- Lubanara in The Philosopher's Stone (Der Stein der Weisen) by Mozart, Henneberg, Schack, Gerl and Schikaneder, Bampton Classical Opera
- Poppea in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea in Theater Basel and Boston Early Music Festival
- Jeptha in Handel's Jeptha, Buxton Festival
- Philine in Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, Buxton Festival
- Sylvie in Gounod's La colombe, Buxton Festival
- Iole in Handel's Hercules, Buxton Festival
- Silvia in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba, Buxton Festival
- Gloria in HK Gruber's Gloria: A Pigtale for Mahogany Opera Group/Bregenz Festival
- Tiny in Britten's Paul Bunyan, Bregenz Festival
- Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at English National Opera
- Woodbird in Wagner's Siegfried, Scottish Opera
- Amor in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Scottish Opera
- Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Scottish Opera and Opera Atelier
- Soprano in Purcell's King Arthur at English National Opera and in San Francisco
- Soprano in Bach's St John Passion at English National Opera
- Dew Fairy in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at the BBC Proms
Ginevra in Handel's Ariodante, Halle Handel Festival 2007
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- Bach Cantatas for Soprano Solo Volume I – Gillian Keith (soprano) with Armonico Consort. Label: Signum
- Handel German Arias – Gillian Keith (soprano) with Florilegium. Label: Channel Classics
- Gillian Keith Bei Strauss – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Champs Hill Records
- Handel: Gloria – Gillian Keith (soprano), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) English Baroque Soloists. Label: Philips
- Schubert Among Friends – Gillian Keith (soprano), Aldeburgh Connection, Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, piano, with Michael Schade, tenor and Colin Ainsworth, tenor
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 23: Arnstadt/Echternach – Gillian Keith (soprano); Daniel Taylor (countertenor); Charles Daniels (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (Bass); Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Label: Soli Deo Gloria
- Debussy – Early Songs – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.
- Debussy – Songs For His Muse – Gillian Keith (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Label: Deux-Elles Ltd.
- Luigi Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (in Partita and Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado) – Gillian Keith (soprano); Paul Watkins (cello); BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Label: Chandos Records
- Ariadne On Naxos Richard Strauss – Gillian Keith (soprano), Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Christine Brewer, Alice Coote, Robert Dean-Smith, Alan Opie. Label: Chandos
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- 1998 Royal Over-Seas League Vocal Competition First Prize Winner
- 2000 Kathleen Ferrier Award
- 2003 Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)
- Crew, Robert, " Reunion for Gillian Keith; Soprano is back in town for Calisto Cavalli opera first performed in 1651 " Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto Star, 15 April 2004, p. G4
- Kathleen Ferrier Awards Winners Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (official website)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Gillian Keith Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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