Michael Colvin

In the 2021/22 season, Colvin returns to the Royal Opera House and the Canadian Opera Company as Monostatos Die Zauberflöte; and to the Opéra National de Paris as Don Basilio Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Looking further ahead, Colvin continues his collaboration with Opéra National de Paris and also makes company debuts with Teatro all Scala, Milan and Teatro Real, Madrid.

Closely associated with English National Opera, his appearances with the company include Herod in a new production of Salome; Arturo in David Alden’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor; Painter/Second Client Lulu; Flute A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the title role of Peter Grimes and Goro Madama Butterfly. At home in Canada he was seen as Dr Caius Falstaff; Basilio Le Nozze di Figaro and the Witch Hansel and Gretel, all with Canadian Opera Company. Other engagements include Cornwall in Reimann’s Lear at Opéra National de Paris and Teatro Maggio Musicale di Fiorentino; Laios in Enescu’s Oedipe and Cornwall Lear at the Salzburg Festival; Rodolphe Guillaume Tell and Bardolfo Falstaff at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; L'Aumonier Dialogues des Carmélites for Dutch National Opera; and Jaquino Fidelio with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie in Lyon and Paris. A fine Britten interpreter, he has performed to great acclaim the role of Bob Boles Peter Grimes at English National Opera; the Enescu Festival; Opera de Oviedo; Vlaamse Opera; with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski; and Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Sir Antonio Pappano.

Recent concert engagements include Shepherd Oedipus Rex at the Edinburgh International Festival; a recital with Scottish Opera as part of their Sir Walter Scott and Opera series; Beethoven Missa Solemnis for the Richard Eaton Singers of Edmonton; Mahler Das Lied von der Erde for Louisville Orchestra; Handel Messiah with National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Seattle Symphony, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Haydn Creation with New Mexico Symphony; Schubert Mass in A Flat at Festival Vancouver; Beethoven Symphony No.9 with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec; Elgar Dream of Gerontius; Haydn Die Schöpfung and Verdi Requiem for the Elora Festival.

2021/22 season / 472 words. Not to be altered without permission.