Russell Watson

Russell Watson ( * November 24, 1966 in Salford, United Kingdom) is an English tenor.

Biography

Watson singing since childhood, but never hoped for a career as a professional singer, and therefore began to secure his income as a factory worker in Manchester. Since he had to support his family, he also began to earn money by singing songs of Elvis Presley and Neil Diamond in clubs and pubs.

The turning point of his career came one night in Wigan Road Working Men 's Club, as the Managing Director suggested that Watson could try Nessun dorma from Giacomo Puccini's opera to sing Turandot. Although he is not a professionally trained singer, he sang the aria several times and was encouraged to perform more classical vocal pieces.

In 1998 he was invited to sing at Old Trafford during a break of the game to commemorate the Munich air disaster - a great privilege for him because he is a fervent fan of Manchester United. His appearance was canceled at the last minute, as the player Eric Cantona Mick Hucknall invited to sing at Watson's location.

In 1999, he sang the national anthem at the Rugby Cup Final at Wembley, and finally at Old Trafford before the last game of the season the First League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. After the game won by his team he went back onto the field to sing the song Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé. Meanwhile, he tore his clothes from his body to reveal a Manchester United T- shirt. This performance secured his success, and only a week later, he was invited to sing a full performance at the final of the UEFA Champions League in Barcelona between Manchester United and Bayern Munich - in a duet with Montserrat Caballé.

His debut album The Voice followed in 2000, a mix of arias and Popcovern. It reached the top of the UK Charts Classical Music, and finally eight spot in the UK album charts. Together with the ex -Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder - interpreted Watson on the album again the song Barcelona. The Voice also contains a duet with Cleo of girl group Cleopatra in the song Someone Like You. Cleo sings another duet with Watson on his third album Reprise in the song The Best That Love Can Be.

Watson sang the theme song in 2001 Where My Heart Will Take Me for Star Trek: Enterprise one. The song was written by Diane Warren and sung in the original under the title Faith of the Heart as part of the soundtrack for the movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams Rod Stewart. In 2003 it was for the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise remixed to a more modern interpretation of the title song to master the viewer shrinkage of the series. 2002 Watson singing live at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in England.

He published the end of 2002, the single Nothing Scared - A Song for Kirsty to raise money for Francis House Children's Home in Manchester. The campaign, which should bring in five million pounds, led by Kirsty Howard, a then seven -year-old girl with a serious heart defect. The song reached # 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Watson won a Classical Brit Award for Album of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and also for the best-selling debut album (2001) and the best-selling album ( 2002).

In the singing show Just the Two of Us BBC Watson was the professional singing partner of actress Siân Reeves from the TV series Cutting it. Together they won on 5 March 2006, the first season of the show. Also in 2006, did the collaboration with Jeff Wayne for the live production of the musical The War of the Worlds, by which also includes a DVD has been released. In 2009, Watson sang in the world premiere of the English- concert version of the musical Kristina från Duvemåla, which comes from the pen of ABBA composers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

Albums

  • 2000: The Voice
  • 2002: Encore
  • 2003: Reprise
  • 2005: Amore Musica
  • 2006: The Ultimate Collection
  • 2007: That's Life
  • 2007: Outside In
  • 2008: People Get Ready
  • 2010: With Love From Russell Watson
  • 2010: The Platinum Collection
  • 2010: La Voce
  • 2013: Only One Man

Singles

The best-known song

  • 2001/ 03: Where My Heart Will Take Me ( Theme Song of the SF series Star Trek: Enterprise, but not released as a single )
Salford, Greater Manchester Manchester United F.C. Wembley Stadium (1923) Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song) Integrated Authority File
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