Arabella | Mandryka
(role debut)
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, CA, United States
Brian Mulligan
A voice that is rich, secure and really, really big"
The New York Times
Baritone Brian Mulligan is equally renowned as an interpreter of classic works by Verdi, Wagner, and Strauss as well as of the most challenging twentieth and twenty-first century operas. His striking stage portrayals have taken him to leading opera houses throughout Europe and North America. He makes regular appearances with the leading US orchestras and in recital.
Brian Mulligan begins the 2018/19 season in recital with Vocal Arts DC at the Kennedy Center with pianist Timothy Long. He presents the world premiere of Walden by Gregory Spears, a work written for him based on texts by iconic American writer Henry David Thoreau. The recital also features From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento, which Mulligan recently recorded on an acclaimed disc for Naxos.
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Arabella | Mandryka
Le Villi | Guglielmo
(role debut)
Royal Festival Hall
London, United Kingdom
Les Pêcheurs de perles | Zurga
Opernhaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Madama Butterfly | Sharpless
Dutch National Opera (House Debut)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
News
Debut as Mandryka in Strauss’ ‘Arabella’ at San Francisco Opera
Brian Mulligan begins his 2018/19 season with his highly anticipated debut as Mandryka in Strauss’ Arabella at the San Francisco Opera. The new production directed by Tim Albery takes... {...}
Role debuts in Wagner’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ at the San Francisco Opera
This summer, Brian Mulligan makes two highly anticipated role debuts as Donner and Gunther in Wagner’s triumphant Ring Cycle at the San Francisco Opera. Francesca Zambello directs these groundbreaking... {...}
Nélusko in a new production of ‘L’Africaine’ at Oper Frankfurt
Brian Mulligan returns to Oper Frankfurt for Tobias Kratzer’s new production of Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine as Nélusko. Having premiered in 1865, and originally set in the fifteenth century, Tobias Kratzer... {...}
Sharpless in ‘Madama Butterfly’ at Opernhaus Zürich
In his return to Opernhaus Zürich, Brian Mulligan stars as Sharpless in a new production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Considered a staple in the operatic canon, this tragic story... {...}
