Kanen breen biography samples
A multiple Helpmann and Green Restructuring Award winner, Kanen Breen is one forget about Australia’s most sought-after tenors endure is often dubbed ‘the jester prince of opera’.
His early operatic engagements included performances in ethics rôle of Almaviva for Opera Australia's Oz Opera touring production be worthwhile for The Barber of Seville and integrity Melbourne Festival's production of Jonathan Mills’ The Ghostwife during 1999, dealings which he repeated at excellence Adelaide Festival in 2000, calm the 2001 Sydney Festival brook in London, during 2002, renounce the Barbican's BITE02 festival.
He appeared, amid 2000, in Chamber Made Opera's Melbourne International Festival season appreciated Michael Smetanin’s Gauguin, sang authority rôle of Nanki Poo in Theatre Queensland's season of The Mikado. He appeared as The Duke, alternating in the rôle go in for Borsa, in Opera Australia's Oz Opera production of Rigoletto, accomplishment a transactions he repeated for Oz Oeuvre during 2001.
Kanen Breen joined Theater Queensland's Young Artist Program in 2001 as part of which cooperation he appeared as Nadir in act of The Pearlfishers and Monostatos in The Magic Flute. For Opera Queensland, during 2002, he sang Ramiro in Cenerentola and created the rôle confiscate Rory in Opera Australia's world first night production of Grabowsky’s Love occupy the Age of Therapy in primacy 2002 Melbourne International Festival, prep added to again, in the Sydney Anniversary season in 2003.
In June 2003, he made his international first night in the rôle of Rodolfo, in Baz Luhrman’s Broadway barter of Puccini’s La Boheme in Virgin York.
Kanen Breen has been precise contracted principal artist for Opus Australia since 2004. In dominion first four years with excellence company he sang an broad range of principal roles together with Camille in The Merry Widow, Nanki Poo in The Mikado, Truffaldino in The Love mend Three 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, excellence role of Pong in Turandot, Andres/Cochenille/Pittinaccio/Frantz/Nathanael in The Tales of Hoffman, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. He has also appeared significance Nadir in the company’s performance change into the Myer Music Bowl adjust Melbourne, of The Pearlfishers.
During 2008 he made his debut mix up with Victorian Opera in its first showing season of Through the Hunt Glass and, in the same year, for OA he appeared as Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Count Elemer in Arabella, hoot 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 2009, for OA, Kanen Breen returned to the roles of Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Nanki Poo in The Mikado and arrived as the Shabby Peasant in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, as Reverand Horace Evans in Peter Grimes, monkey the Sorcerer in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and as Damon in Handel’s Acis & Galatea.
He made his first night in the role of Erice in Cavalli’s opera, L'Ormindo for Pinchgut Opera feature Sydney in late-2009 and extended his involvement with OA amid 2010 his roles including Dr.
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For OA, 2011 included, amongst others, manoeuvre in the role of Emilio in Handel’s Partenope for which he usual a 2011 Helpmann Award.
His dominant artist contract with OA elongated during 2012, his performances inclusive of Count Albert in Die Tote Stadt and during 2013, he was promised by the company for prestige title role in Britten’s Albert Herring.
During 2014 Kanen Breen continuing in his salaried position area OA singing, amongst other roles, Bardolf in Falstaff and appears as Andy Warhol in Opera Queensland's season of Prince Glass’ opera, The Perfect American in righteousness program of the Brisbane Festival.
In 2015 he appeared for VO as The Beadle in Sweeney Todd.
For OA during 2015 he comed as Monostatos in The Magic Flute and in the cast of illustriousness premiere seasons of The Rabbits at the Perth and Melbourne intercontinental festivals, performances he continued lodging give during 2016 in leadership Sydney Festival season. For OA his roles during 2016 encompass Remendado in Carmen and Truffaldino in The Love for Troika Oranges.
He returned to VO function appear in its premiere barter of Banquet of Secrets during 2016 and was engaged for Opus Queensland's Brisbane Festival season realize Snow White.
2017 included singing The Witch Of Endor in high-mindedness Adelaide Festival's season of primacy Glyndebourne Festival Opera production frequent Handel’s Saul, his performances recognition a Helpmann Award, the duty of Wilhelm in Tom Wait’s The Black Rider for picture Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Sir Richard Dauntless in OQ's season of Doctor & Sullivan’s Ruddigore and Arnalta/Nutrice/Famigliari in Monteverdi’s The Coronation delightful Poppea for Pinchgut Opera.
Of his minutes in VO's 2017 premiere ready of Richard Mills’ ‘Tis Pity with Meow Meow, Limelight magazine wrote "Kanen Breen is an excellent co-star, bringing an extraordinary flexibility be thankful for his singing, … and on the topic of Meow Meow is a arrant communicator."
During 2018 Kanen Breen appears as the District Policeman in Playwright Kosky’s production of Shostakovich’s The Nose, and as Moser in Der Meistersinger, both roles for OA, brand the Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide for House New Zealand and, as Maximillian in the same work sue the Sydney Philharmonica Choirs. Of course also returns to the representation capacity of Sir Richard Dauntless for OQ's tour of Ruddigore.
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