New Zealand-born, Keith Lewis’s operatic performances encompass repertoire from the baroque to contemporary, including all the major Mozart tenor rôles in many of the great opera houses of Europe and the UK, including Paris Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Hamburg Opera, Covent Garden, and Glyndebourne. His extensive concert work and discography has seen him work with legendary conductors Solti, Giulini, Sinopoli, Boulez, Dutoit, Chailly, Abbado, Rattle, Haitink and Mehta. He recorded Hamlet by Thomas with Maestro and Joan Sutherland at the start of his career. He was made a Companion of the Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to Opera in 2000.