"Possessed of an imposing build and a rugged, perfectly articulated baritone"
Opera News
"Mulligan’s sturdy baritone and soulful acting assured an appealing Mandryka."
Opera Warhorses
“Mulligan’s supple baritone did not tire, and his impeccable technique made his solid, salt-of-the-earth portrayal of Mandryka even and free from low to high range. We could see and... {...}
Most male characters in opera are either heroes or villains. Among the rest, there is Arabella’s good-bad-good Mandryka. Baritone Brian Mulligan, memorable here in 2012 in the title role... {...}
“Brian Mulligan (also Donner in Rheingold) sang Gunther with the voice of a king masked by a softness in physical presence that made him easy prey for Hagen.”
Richard S. Ginell, Classical Voice America
“Baritone Brian Mulligan unfurled a resplendent baritone as the thunder god Donner and returned in Götterdämmerung as a weak-willed but smoothly sung Gunther.” -Harvey Steiman, Seen and Heard International (June 19,... {...}
"The Death of Klinghoffer," by John Adams and Alice Goodman, is a controversial work... Nancy Maultsby, Brian Mulligan, Christopher Magiera, Aubrey Allicock and the rest of the cast made it come alive."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“The Death of Klinghoffer,” by John Adams and Alice Goodman, is a controversial work, dealing with the real-life 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists,... {...}
“For me, however, the evening’s strongest performance was Brian Mulligan’s Sharpless, who cautions the headstrong and irreverent Pinkerton that it is a “great sin to … break a trusting heart”. Sharpless is moral standard, cultural interface and master of diplomacy all in one – an easy fellow to like anyway – but Mulligan sang the role with authority and bravado.”
Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack
“But it was American-Irish baritone Brian Mulligan who impressed me the most, as Sharpless. Amply rounded both in form and vocal tone, his warm voice was always the centre... {...}
American baritone Brian Mulligan has released his debut solo album on the Naxos label, lending his voice to the music of Dominick Argento. On the album are the composer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning From the Diary of... {...}
The wait required for dramatic voices to mature and come into their own can be frustrating—and nobody understands this better than Brian Mulligan. And, yet, rather than dwell on... {...}
Wm: Since our last conversation, I’ve reviewed opera performances in Zurich and San Francisco in which you had major roles. Let me start with the San Francisco Opera’s Fall... {...}
It is the opera’s next scene that introduces the opera’s principal protagonists, the Proctors, played by the two of opera’s most important young stars, New York baritone Brian Mulligan and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. It is the Proctors’ relationship that provides the dramatic arc of the opera. The vocally strong, soulful performances of the two artists set a new standard for 21st century performances of this important work.
Opera Warhorses
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Brian Mulligan is an amazingly busy young singer. Over the last sixteen months, he performed ten new roles with major opera companies. One of his most important debuts was... {...}