Michael Colvin

In the 18/19 season, Colvin returns to English National Opera, a company he is closely associated with, to star as Herod in a new production of Salome and Arturo in David Alden’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor. He also makes his company debut with Opera di Firenze as Cornwall in Reimann’s Lear, conducted by Fabio Luisi and returns to Salzburg Festival as Laios in Enescu’s Oedipe. Last season’s highlights include Bardolfo Falstaff at Royal Opera House; Bob Boles Peter Grimes for Opéra Monte-Carlo and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; and Dr Caius Falstaff in a new production by acclaimed Hollywood actor Christoph Waltz at Opera Vlaanderen.

Recent engagements include Duke of Cornwall Lear at the Salzburg Festival and for the Paris Opera; Painter/Second Client Lulu, Flute A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role of Peter Grimes and Goro Madama Butterfly at English National Opera; Dr Caius Falstaff and Thomas Scott in Harry Somers Louis Riel at the Canadian Opera Company; Rodolphe in a new production of Guillaume Tell at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, L'Aumonier Dialogues des Carmélites for Dutch National Opera; Jaquino Fidelio with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie in Lyon and Paris; and Herod Salome at Northern Ireland Opera. A fine Britten interpreter, he has performed to great acclaim the role of Bob Boles Peter Grimes at English National Opera, Opera de Oviedo, Vlaamse Opera and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski, and Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Sir Antonio Pappano. Furthermore Colvin has sung Ferrando Così fan tutte for the Canadian Opera Company, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni for Chicago Opera Theater, Rodrigo La donna del lago for Garsington Opera, and Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Opera Lyra Ottawa. Other notable credits include a recording project of the works of Lysenko, a big-screen debut as Don Ottavio in the film Don Giovanni Unmasked alongside Dmitri Hvorostovsky and recordings on the Naxos, CBC and Warner labels.

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, Messiah with National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and Seattle Symphony, Haydn Creation with New Mexico Symphony, Handel Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 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.

2018-19 season / 519 words. Not to be altered without permission.