Lillian Watson is considered an exceptional coloratura soprano. Her astonishing vocal agility has led to worldwide concert and opera engagements in repertory ranging from Mozart to Strauss and Britten. Lillian Watson is internationally well known as Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for which she has been acclaimed at Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, Hamburg and at the Salzburg Festival. She has also recorded the role with Nikolaus Harnoncourt for Teldec and appeared in three different television broadcasts of the opera including Glyndebourne, Salzburg and Covent Garden - under Sir Georg Solti.