“Gaynor Keeble gave an intelligent performance…always in control of the considerable range”
The Guardian
BIOGRAPHY
Gaynor Keeble is a renowned performer and has sung with all the country’s major opera houses. She is a regular visitor to Royal Opera House Covent Garden where over 85 performances have included 3rd Lady (Magic Flute), Annina (La Traviata), Voice of the Mother (Tales of Hoffmann)
For Opera North she has sung Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro), Gertrude (Romeo & Juliet), Mother & Witch (Hansel & Gretel), Hippolyta (Midsummer Night’s Dream).
For English National Opera, Mistress of the Novices (Suor Angelica), Ruth (Pirates of Penzance), Katisha (Mikado), Dame Carruthers (Yeomen of the Guard).
For Longborough Festival, Kostelnicka (Jenufa), Mistress Quickly (Falstaff), Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro).
For English Touring Opera, La Marquise (Fille du Régiment), Baba the Turk (Rake’s Progress), Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro), Lady Angela (Patience).
On the concert platform Gaynor’s appearances have included performances in a wide variety of works including Musicmakers, Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Elijah, with the UK’s leading orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Florence Pike Albert Herring); the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes); London Mozart Players (Mozart Requiem); the Northern Sinfonia (Mendelssohn Elijah), The Philharmonia (Gala Concert); and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Beethoven Missa Solemnis) with conductors such as Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davis, Nicola Luisotti, Alexander Joel, Dan Ettinger, Julia Jones, Sakari Oramo, and Steuart Bedford.
She is a renowned Gilbert and Sullivan expert, having sung the majority of the contralto character roles for ENO, D’Oyly Carte, Carl Rosa and the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.
Other notable performances include Auntie in the award-winning Grimes on the Beach for Aldeburgh Festival.
“The nieces were overseen by a sassy Auntie, sung forcefully with rich tone and feisty spirit by Gaynor Keeble.” Opera Today
“Gaynor Keeble gave an intelligent performance…always in control of the considerable range”
The Guardian
Gaynor Keeble is a renowned performer and has sung with all the country’s major opera houses. She is a regular visitor to Royal Opera House Covent Garden where over 85 performances have included 3rd Lady (Magic Flute), Annina (La Traviata), Voice of the Mother (Tales of Hoffmann)
For Opera North she has sung Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro), Gertrude (Romeo & Juliet), Mother & Witch (Hansel & Gretel), Hippolyta (Midsummer Night’s Dream).
For English National Opera, Mistress of the Novices (Suor Angelica), Ruth (Pirates of Penzance), Katisha (Mikado), Dame Carruthers (Yeomen of the Guard).
For Longborough Festival, Kostelnicka (Jenufa), Mistress Quickly (Falstaff), Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro).
For English Touring Opera, La Marquise (Fille du Régiment), Baba the Turk (Rake’s Progress), Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro), Lady Angela (Patience).
On the concert platform Gaynor’s appearances have included performances in a wide variety of works including Musicmakers, Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Elijah, with the UK’s leading orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Florence Pike Albert Herring); the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes); London Mozart Players (Mozart Requiem); the Northern Sinfonia (Mendelssohn Elijah), The Philharmonia (Gala Concert); and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Beethoven Missa Solemnis) with conductors such as Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davis, Nicola Luisotti, Alexander Joel, Dan Ettinger, Julia Jones, Sakari Oramo, and Steuart Bedford.
She is a renowned Gilbert and Sullivan expert, having sung the majority of the contralto character roles for ENO, D’Oyly Carte, Carl Rosa and the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.
Other notable performances include Auntie in the award-winning Grimes on the Beach for Aldeburgh Festival.