Gaynor Keeble
Mezzo-Soprano
A wonderful singing actress with a rich, powerful voice and charismatic stage presence, British Mezzo-Soprano Gaynor Keeble studied at the University of Warwick and the Royal Academy of Music, where she was a Countess of Munster scholar.
Gaynor Keeble | Marquise De Birkenfeld | Pour Une Femme De Mon Nom | La Fille Du Régiment
Gaynor Keeble | June Is Busting Out All Over | Carousel | Rodgers & Hammerstein
Gaynor Keeble | Liber Scriptus Proferetur | Verdi Requiem
Keeble joined Welsh National Opera upon graduating from the Royal Academy of Music and has since collaborated with many of the UK’s leading opera companies. Her Career highlights include Annina La Traviata, The Voice of Antonia’s Mother Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Dritte Dame Die Zauberflöte (Royal Opera); The Mistress of the Novices Suor Angelica, Ruth The Pirates of Penzance, Dame Carruthers The Yeoman of the Guard and Katisha The Mikado (English National Opera); Gertrude Roméo et Juliette, Mother/Witch Hansel and Gretel, Hippolyta A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dame Hannah Ruddigoreand Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro (Opera North); Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro, Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Councillor’s Wife Osud and Ragonde Comte Ory (Welsh National Opera); Auntie Peter Grimes (Aldeburgh Festival); Florence Pike Albert Herring (BBC Symphony Orchestra); Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra); Baba the Turk The Rake’s Progress, Marquise de Birkenfeld La Fille du Régiment and Lady Angela Patience (English Touring Opera); Kostelnicka Jenufa (Longborough Festival Opera); Dame Hannah Ruddigore, Queen of the Fairies Iolanthe, and Lady Blanche Princess Ida (Harrogate International Festival); Marquise de Birkenfeld La Fille du Régiment and Mistress Quickly Falstaff (Switzerland & France)
On the concert stage she has performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; The Philharmonia; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London Mozart Players; Royal Northern Sinfonia and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with conductors such as Dame Julia Jones, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davis, Nicola Luisotti, Alexander Joel, Dan Ettinger and Sakari Oramo. Her recordings include Lady Bellaston in Edward German’s Tom Jones (Naxos); Councillor’s Wife Osud (EMI); HMS Pinafore, Patience and The Yeomen of the Guard (TER Classics); and Auntie Peter Grimes (Signum Classics).
Future engagements see her return to the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden, and the Harrogate International Festival.