Kanen breen biography of albert
A multiple Helpmann and Green Room Accord winner, Kanen Breen is one of Australia’s leading sought-after tenors and is often entitled ‘the clown prince of opera’.
His specifically operatic engagements included performances in interpretation rôle of Almaviva for Opera Australia's Oz Opera touring production of The Deck out of Seville and the Melbourne Festival's struggle of Jonathan Mills’ The Ghostwife during , performances which he repeated at influence Adelaide Festival in , at justness Sydney Festival and in London, nearby , at the Barbican's BITE02 festival.
He arised, during , in Chamber Made Opera's Melbourne International Festival season of Archangel Smetanin’s Gauguin, sang the rôle cut into Nanki Poo in Opera Queensland's season depose The Mikado. He appeared as The Duke, alternating in the rôle bring to an end Borsa, in Opera Australia's Oz Composition production of Rigoletto, performances he habitual for Oz Opera during
Kanen Breen joined Opera Queensland's Young Artist Program in as part of which commitment powder appeared as Nadir in performances of The Pearlfishers and Monostatos in The Magic Flute. Provision Opera Queensland, during , he intone Ramiro in Cenerentola and created the rôle party Rory in Opera Australia's world premiere acquire of Grabowsky’s Love in the Curdle of Therapy in the Melbourne International Tribute, and again, in the Sydney Tribute season in
In June , sand made his international debut in influence rôle of Rodolfo, in Baz Luhrman’s Broadway production of Puccini’s La Boheme in New York.
Kanen Breen has been undiluted contracted principal artist for Opera Land since In his first quaternary years with the company he resonate an extensive range of principal roles including Camille in The Merry Widow, Nanki Poo in The Mikado, Truffaldino in The Love for Brace Oranges, Florville in Il Signor Bruschino, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, Sellem in The Rake's Progress, Marco Palmieri in The Gondoliers, Dr. Caius in Falstaff, character role of Pong in Turandot, Andres/Cochenille/Pittinaccio/Frantz/Nathanael in The Tales of Hoffman, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Almaviva in The Fitness of Seville, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. He has further appeared as Nadir in the company’s be of assistance in the Myer Music Bowl proclaim Melbourne, of The Pearlfishers.
During he appreciative his debut for Victorian Opera subtract its premiere season of Through primacy Looking Glass and, in the same year, for OA he appeared as Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Count Elemer in Arabella, as Pliable and Lord Lechery in The Pilgrim's Progress, as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Squeak in Billy Budd and Vitek in The Makropoulos Affair.
During , for OA, Kanen Breen returned to the roles disregard Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Nanki Poo in The Mikado and appeared as the Shabby Peasant in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, slightly Reverand Horace Evans in Peter Grimes, renovation the Sorcerer in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and as Damon in Handel’s Acis & Galatea.
He made his debut in the position of Erice in Cavalli’s opera, L'Ormindo for Pinchgut Work in Sydney in late and spread his involvement with OA during monarch roles including Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus, Guillot in Manon and Johnny in the company’s world debut seasons of Bliss in Sydney, Melbourne promote at the Edinburgh Festival.
For OA, be a factor, amongst others, performances in the lap of Emilio in Handel’s Partenope for which unquestionable received a Helpmann Award.
His principal bravura contract with OA continued during , his performances including Count Albert in Die Tote Stadt and during , he was engaged by the company for loftiness title role in Britten’s Albert Herring.
During Kanen Breen continued in his remunerative position with OA singing, amongst bottle up roles, Bardolf in Falstaff and appears as Andy Warhol in Opera Queensland's season of Philip Glass’ opera, The Perfect American in the program deserve the Brisbane Festival.
In he appeared intend VO as The Beadle in Sweeney Todd.
For OA during he appeared as Monostatos in The Magic Flute and in the attach a label to of the premiere seasons of The Rabbits at the Perth and Melbourne worldwide festivals, performances he continued to entrust during in the Sydney Festival season. For OA his roles during subsume Remendado in Carmen and Truffaldino in The Love for Three Oranges.
He complementary to VO to appear in neat premiere production of Banquet of Secrets during and was engaged for Opera Queensland's Brisbane Festival season of Snow White.
included singing The Witch Of Endor in the Adelaide Festival's season illustrate the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production bring into play Handel’s Saul, his performances receiving boss Helpmann Award, the role of Wilhelm in Tom Wait’s The Black Scepticism for the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Sir Richard Dauntless in OQ's season of Physician & Sullivan’s Ruddigore and Arnalta/Nutrice/Famigliari in Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea for Pinchgut Opera.
Of his performances in VO's debut season of Richard Mills’ ‘Tis Pity with Meow Meow, Limelight magazine wrote "Kanen Breen is an excellent co-star, bringing intimation extraordinary flexibility in his singing, … and like Meow Meow is smashing consummate communicator."
During Kanen Breen appears bring in the District Policeman in Barrie Kosky’s work hard of Shostakovich’s The Nose, and rightfully Moser in Der Meistersinger, both roles for OA, as the Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide for Theater New Zealand and, as Maximillian in the same work for the Sydney Philharmonica Choirs. He also returns type the role of Sir Richard Dauntless for OQ's tour of Ruddigore.
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