MatthewDurkan
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Keiron Cooke
Representation
About Matthew
As a Harewood Artist at the English National Opera (2015-2020), Matthew gave over 100 performances for the company, including Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schaunard La Bohème, Marullo Rigoletto, Dancairo Carmen, Ormonte Partenope, Yamadori Madama Butterfly, Polythemus Acis and Galatea, Counsel Trial by Jury, Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia, Hel Helson Paul Bunyan and Malcolm Fleet Marnie.
Last season's highlights included a return to the Royal Opera House to sing Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo and Dancairo Carmen for the English National Opera.
Other recent roles include Belcore L’elisir d’amore for Glyndebourne on Tour, Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Opéra National de Montpellier, Marcello La Bohème for English National Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni with Diva Opera, Brabantischer Edler Lohengrin for the Royal Opera House and Escamillo Carmen for Longborough Festival Opera.
Elsewhere, he has sung Masetto Don Giovanni with Opéra de Rouen Haute Normandie, Opéra Royal de Versailles and Longborough Festival, Melisso Alcina and Elviro Serse with Longborough Festival Opera and Belcore L’elisir d’amore at Iford Arts Festival.
Matthew was winner of the 2014 Stuart Burrows International Voice Award and a finalist in the 2014 Kathleen Ferrier Competition.
Representation
Video
Matthew Durkan - Or dove fuggo io mai... Ah, per sempre io ti perdei (I Puritani - V. Bellini)
Matthew Durkan sings Or dove fuggo io mai… Ah, per sempre io ti perdei from Bellini’s I puritani, accompanied by Ian Tindale. Credit: The London Coliseum
PlayingMatthew Durkan - Donne mie la fate a tanti (Cosi fan tutte - W.A. Mozart)
Matthew Durkan sings Donne mie la fate a tanti from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, accompanied by Ian Tindale. Credit: Ian Tindale - Piano
Playing
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Selected Repertoire
| BIZET | Carmen (Moralès / Le Dancaïre) |
|---|---|
| BRITTEN | A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius) • Paul Bunyan (Hel Helson) |
| DONIZETTI | Don Pasquale (Malatesta) • L’elisir d’amore (Belcore) |
| HANDEL | Acis & Galatea (Polyphemus) • Alcina (Melisso) • Partenope (Ormonte) • Serse (Elviro) |
| MOZART | Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) • Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni/Masetto) • Le Nozze di Figaro (Il Conte) • Die Zauberflöte (Papageno) |
| PUCCINI | La bohème (Schaunard) • Gianni Schicchi (title role) • Madama Butterfly (Yamadori) |
| ROSSINI | Il barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello/Figaro) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Eugene Onegin (title role) |
| VERDI | Rigoletto (Marullo) |
| WEILL | Street Scene (Frank Maurrant) |
Press
BIZET, Caremen
Longborough Festival OperaJul 2022Durkan's was the best-acted performance among the leads, creating a relaxed and charming athlete for whom anyone would trade in poor, damaged Don Jose.
- Opera Now Magazine
- 01 August 2022