Frazer Scott

Scottish bass Frazer Scott is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s prestigious Opera studio, where he also completed his postgraduate studies. As an undergraduate, Frazer was awarded a First Class Hons. BMus Degree from the (now Royal) Birmingham Conservatoire. While an Alvarez Artist at Garsington Frazer sang the role of Caronte L’ORFEO and understudied the role of Harry DALIA, subsequently being awarded the Garsington Opera Helen Clarke Memorial Award.

“An accomplished farceur” (The Independent), Frazer’s other notable operatic credits include Snug in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and Antonio LE NOZZE DI FIGARO for Garsington Opera, Lackai ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Hobson (cover) PETER GRIMES, BIG OPERA MYSTERY and PASS THE SPOON with Opera North and Geronimo in THE SECRET MARRIAGE for British Youth Opera.  Frazer made his BBC Proms debut in September 2024 as Snug in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM alongside the Philharmonia Orchestra. Upcoming engagements include Bartolo (cover) LE NOZZE DI FIGARO for Scottish Opera, the Warder THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS at the Shakespeare in Music Festival (Stratford, UK) and Perichaud LA RONDINE for Atelier Armonico (London).

Concert engagements include Mozart Requiem amd George Walker Mass with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the bass solos in English National Ballet’s production of Stravinsky Les Noces at Sadlers Wells and performances at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields, Cheltenham Festival, and the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.

At the Wigmore Hall final of the 2013 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards, Frazer was awarded the Audience Prize and 1st Runner-Up, performing alongside Amber Rainey. He was also a finalist in the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize in 2008.

Frazer appears as a soloist on the Orchestra of St John’s recording of Mozart Requiem, and his voice has been featured in Kettle Chips advertisements across the USA, and  numerous promotional campaigns for BBC Radio. He made his BBC Radio 3 debut alongside Richard Goulding, Jemma Redgrave, and Stephanie Cole, appearing as ‘Wilf’ in Iain Burnside’s radio-play version of A Soldier and a Maker.  Frazer is a proud ambassador for Cancer Care Map UK.