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Roderick Williams performs a wide repertoire, from Baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert platform and in recital. He enjoys relationships with all the major UK opera houses and is particularly associated with the baritone roles of Mozart. He has also sung premieres of operas by, among others, David Sawer and Sally Beamish.

He has sung concert repertoire with all the BBC orchestras, and many other ensembles including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, Manchester Camerata, the Hallé, Britten Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen, Le Concert Spirituel, Rias Kammerchor and Bach Collegium Japan. His many festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Aldeburgh.

Roderick Williams is also an accomplished recital artist and has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Perth Concert Hall, Howard Assembly Room, the Musikverein, Vienna and on Radio 3, where he has participated on Iain Burnside’s Voices programme. His has made numerous recordings, from operas by Vaughan Williams, Berkeley and Britten to Verdi’s Don Carlos with Bernard Haitink, and an extensive repertoire of English song with pianist Iain Burnside. Roderick Williams is also a composer.