English baritone, RIP

The popular ENO and Glyndebourne baritone Nicholas Folwell died on Thursday after a short illness, his agent has confirmed.

He appeared recently as Notary Der Rosenkavalier, Hausfhofmeister Ariadne auf Naxos, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro and Ortel Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Glyndebourne Festival, Baron Duphol La traviata for Glyndebourne on Tour, Mr Kallenbach Satyagraha for English National Opera, Klingsor Parsifal for Saffron Walden Opera, and Scarpia Tosca and Dr Bartolo The Barber of Seville for Mid Wales Opera.

In all, he performed over 130 roles including several world premières, among them the title role in Blond Eckbert (Judith Weir), Mutius Timon of Athens (Stephen Oliver), and Mr van Tricasse Dr Ox’s Experiment (Gavin Bryars), Koroviev in the world premiere of York Höller’s Der Meister und Margarita at the Opéra de Paris, and several roles in The Trial by Philip Glass for Music Theatre Wales.