John MacKenzie - Baritone

John was born in Dumbarton. He studied with Alan Watt at the RSAMD, where he gained a B.A. (musical studies) and the M. Mus. in Advanced Opera with distinction. In 1999 he won the Mary Garden International Prize at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
He attended the Ravinia Festival, Illinois where he studied recital repertoire with Sir Thomas Allen, Dawn Upshaw, Benita Valente and Martin Katz. Recent concert performances include Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht with the SCO a recital in Glamis Castle and a tour of Scotland and Gala performances in Bermuda with Essential Scottish Opera.
On the Opera Stage John has played Guglielmo in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte and the title role in Don Giovanni at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia by Britten, Nick Shadow from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Giove in Cavalli’s La Calisto and Lescaut in Massenet’s Manon at the RSAMD.

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