With a career that encompasses both opera and oratorio, bass-baritone Sean Watson has sung throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.

Recent performances included The Bonze in Madama Butterfly, and  Frank in Die Fledermaus, both with Opera Hamilton; the title role in The Mikado with Toronto Operetta Theatre, and John Estacio's The Houses Stand Not Far Apart with Chorus Niagara and the Orpheus Choir.

Mr Watson has also performed many times with Opera in Concert in such works as Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda, as well as Handel`s Rinaldo, which was later recorded for the Naxos label. He has also appeared with Opera Ontario as Dr Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, and Masetto in Don Giovanni, as well as with Toronto Operetta Theatre as Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, and Prince Ypsheim in Wiener Blut.

In addition, Mr Watson has appeared with the Ottawa Choral Society, Kingston Symphony, Elora Festival Singers, Early Music Vancouver, Windsor Symphony, and the Carmel Bach Festival in California. Mr Watson is also a former Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyrique Grand Prize Winner, which led to appearances at L'Opera d'Avignon in France and Teatro di Livorno in Italy.

Last year Mr Watson performed in the BRAVO TV series called Broadway Melodies. This six-part half-hour series explores the surprisingly varied and dynamic history of the musical, and the men and women who created them.

Recent engagements include the role of Frank in Die Fledermaus with Opera Hamilton, Handel`s Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia, the Haydn Creation with Chorus Niagara, J.S. Bach`s St Matthew Passion with the Ottawa Choral Society, the Mozart Requiem and BWV Cantata 4 with Howard Dyck and the Bach Elgar Choir, and the role of Escamillo in Carmen in Ottawa.