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Brian Bannatyne-Scott was born in 1955 in Edinburgh. On winning the Decca Kathleen Ferrier Prize in 1981, he embarked on an international career as an opera singer, lasting over 40 years and taking him all over the world. He sang with all the major UK opera companies, most of the top British symphony orchestras, many of the foremost Baroque ensembles and in the majority of British cathedrals. Abroad, he sang in such varied venues as La Scala, Milan, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, the Paris Opéra, Salzburg Festival, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Halle Handel Festival, Opéra de Lyon, Théatre de la Monnaie, Brussels and Pacific Opera Victoria, Canada.He was, for 10 years, Honorary Professor of Singing at St Andrews University, and lives with his wife, Fran in Edinburgh.
