Biography
Irish-American baritone Brian Mulligan studied at Yale University and the Juilliard School and works regularly with the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras.
Download Press PackHe begins the 2021/22 season with his role debut as Wotan in Das Rheingold with the Wiener Symphoniker and Andres Orozco-Estrada at the Bregenzer Festspiele. He then sings Crèon in Enescu’s Œdipe for his house debut with Opéra National de Paris, in a new production by Wajdi Mouwad with Ingo Metzmacher conducting. He also makes a house debut with Irish National Opera in Dublin, as Don Pizzaro in Fidelio, with Fergus Sheil conducting.
For his first performance of 2022, Mulligan is the bass soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Antonello Manacorda and the Munich Philharmonic. Afterwards, he returns to the Dutch National Opera for his role debut as Jochanaan in the Ivo van Hove production of Salome, conducted by Lahav Shani.
In April, he makes his role debut as Wotan in Die Walküre in a new production at Oper Stuttgart, with Cornelius Meister conducting. He finishes his season with a return to Bregenz, as Sharpless in a new production of Madama Butterfly from Andreas Homoki with Enrique Mazzola conducting. Early 2022 will also see the release of Brian Mulligan’s third solo record, titled Alburnum. The disc will consist of songs and cycles from the 21st Century, with pianist Timothy Long and music from Mason Bates, Missy Mazzoli and Greg Spears.
Last season, he made his debut as Mandryka in Arabella at San Francisco Opera, Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Zurich Opera, Guglielmo in Puccini’s Le Villi with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his house debut at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande. In summer 2019 Brian Mulligan made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Créon in Oedipe by George Enescu.

A voice that is rich, secure and really, really big
The New York Times
Roles in his German repertoire include Amfortas (Parsifal), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Donner (Das Rheingold), Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), Der Heerrufer (Lohengrin) and Tadeusz (Die Passagierin).
His Italian repertoire encompasses the roles of Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Renato (Un ballo in Maschera), Paolo (Simon Boccanegra), Conte di Luna (Il trovatore), Macbeth (Macbeth), Amonasro (Aida), Ford (Falstaff), the title role of Rigoletto, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) and Marcello (La bohème).
In French, he can be heard as Valentin (Faust), Golaud (Pélleas et Mélisande), Chorèbe (Les Troyens), Nélusko (L’Africaine) and as the main character in Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet.

Brian Mulligan is also a representative of English opera with roles such as Balstrode (Peter Grimes), Sweeney Todd, Prospero (the Tempest), Nixon (Nixon in China), Klinghoffer (The Death of Klinghoffer) and John Proctor (The Crucible). The artist has also performed several successful world premieres, including the “Songs for Adam” by James Primosch with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the song cycle “Walden” by Greg Spears, performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington. In 2016, he was acclaimed by critics for his outstanding portrayal of Jack Torrance in Paul Moravec’s The Shining at the Minnesota Opera.
Download Press PackBrian Mulligan is riveting…a fine, strong, open baritone
The Financial Times of London
The internationally sought-after artist is a regular guest on the most important opera and concert stages worldwide, such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric Opera Chicago, the Houston Opera, the opera houses in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Frankfurt and Zurich, as well as important festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Wiener Festwochen, the Saito Kinan Festival in Japan, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Aspen Music Festival or Salzburg Festival.
Brian Mulligan’s critically acclaimed debut album, recorded for Naxos in 2017, includes two song cycles by Dominick Argento. His second album “Old Fashioned”, consisting of American and British songs of the early 20th century, has been released in 2019. Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel is available on DVD (Deutsche Grammophon).
February 2021 – for the most recent biography please contact Annette Kroll

Repertoire
Adams
The Death Of Klinghoffer
Klinghoffer
Nixon in China
Nixon
Adés
The Tempest
Prospero
Bellini
I Puritani
Riccardo
Berlioz
Les Troyens
Chorèbe
Bizet
Les Pêcheurs De Perles
Zurga
Braunfels
Die Vögel
Prometheus
Britten
Peter Grimes
Balstrode
The Rape of Lucretia
Tarquinius
Debussy
Pélleas et Mélisande
Golaud
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Enrico
Gounod
Faust
Valentin
Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel
Peter
Massenet
Werther
Albert
Meyerbeer
L’Africaine
Nélusko
Moravec
The Shining
Jack Torrance
Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro
Count Almaviva
Puccini
La bohème
Marcello
Madama Butterfly
Sharpless
Le Villi
Guglielmo
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Strauss
Arabella
Mandryka
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Barak
Tchaikovsky
Pique Dame
Yeletsky
Thomas
Hamlet
Hamlet
Verdi
Aida
Amonasro
Un ballo in maschera
Count Anckarström
Falstaff
Ford
Simon Boccanegra
Paolo
Il trovatore
Conte di Luna
Wagner
Das Rheingold
Donner
Der fliegende Holländer
Holländer
Götterdämmerung
Gunther
Lohengrin
The King's Herald
Ward
The Crucible
John Proctor