Following performances as Gralsritter in Parsifal under Christian Thielemann at last year’s Salzburg Easter Festival, Derek Welton returns to the festival as Graf Dominik in Florentine Klepper’s new production of Arabella. The production is also conducted by Thielemann and stars Renée Fleming in the title role and Thomas Hampson as Mandryka.
 
Arabella receives two performances at the festival — on 12 and 21 April — and the dates mark Welton’s debut as Graf Dominik.
 
The Salzburg production of Parsifal appeared at the 2013 Beijing Music Festival with Welton in the role of Klingsor. His performance as Gralsritter from Salzburg appears on the Deutsche Grammophon DVD.