Morgan Pearse

Morgan Pearse, baritone (Achilla)

Morgan Pearse is one of the most exciting baritones of his generation. He studied at the Royal College of Music, where he won the Gold Medal at the Royal Over Seas League Annual Music Competition and the Lies Askonas Prize. He went on to become a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and made his UK debut with the English National Opera singing Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Recent and future opera highlights include the Mozart roles of Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Araspe in Handel’s Tolomeo for the Staatstheater Karlsruhe; Sid in Britten’s Albert Herring at the Buxton Festival; Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Figaro/Barbiere for New Zealand Opera and the State Opera of South Australia; Ned Keene in Britten’s Peter Grimes with the Auckland Philharmonia; Figaro/Nozze with the Opernhaus Zurich; Papageno/Zauberflöte with the Russian National Orchestra Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca for Opera Holland Park; and Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor for both the State Opera of South Australia and Opera Holland Park. Concert highlights include a solo recital at Wigmore Hall; concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Academy of Ancient Music, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and King’s College Choir Cambridge; and Messiah with the Tasmanian, West Australian and Adelaide symphony orchestras, RSNO, London Handel Festival, and Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra.