Douglas Williams, bass-baritone

Douglas Williams

Bass-baritone Douglas Williams has received international acclaim for his expressivity, outstanding stage presence, and generous vocal tone. In opera, concert, chamber music, and musical theater he is recognized for his versatility and range both vocally and dramatically, and this has brought him into collaboration with some of the great artists, composers, and directors of our time. His repertoire reaches over four centuries, being a sought-after interpreter of Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, and Mozart, in addition to the romantic and modern eras. In recital Douglas Williams appeared at the 2013 Ojai Music Festival singing works by Ives and Cowell, and the Tanglewood Music Center as a Fellow in 2011 and 2012 in a wide variety of song repertoire. With the baroque chamber group Tragicomedia he has presented a recital of Handel and Stradella at New York’s Morgan Library. Douglas Williams was raised in Farmington, Connecticut, and now lives in Berlin. trained at the New England Conservatory with Edward Zambara and the Yale School of Music with James Taylor. He has been a Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, the Carmel Bach Festival, and a post-graduate Fellow of the Yale School of Music.