Simon Keenlyside

Simon Keenlyside is a baritone with an international career, performing a wide range of operatic roles ranging from the Baroque to world premieres. He has recorded for major labels, including Sony Classical, EMI, and Hyperion. Keenlyside was born on August 3, 1959, in London. His father was a noted violinist who performed with the Aeolian Quartet, and his maternal grandfather was the violinist Leonard Hirsch. Keenlyside sang as a boy chorister with the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge University, attending the choir's boarding school. He attended Cambridge as a zoology ...