Andrew Watts is a fixture of countertenor singing in Britain and beyond, with a repertory ranging from the Baroque to the present day and from opera to choral music and song. In 2021, Watts appeared on the Delphian label in a recording of music by Raymond Yiu.
Watts was born in Hammersmith in west London on December 29, 1967. His father was a soccer (football) player, and his mother a restaurant manager. Watts showed musical talent as a child and took up the clarinet, saxophone, voice, and piano. Offered a scholarship to the prestigious Eton private school, he turned it down ...