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Adrian Dwyer

Tenor

  • One thing Opera Queensland does very well is the casting of its leads…Alfredo was expertly performed by Adrian Dwyer
    Sunshine Coast Daily
  • Vakula was sung, most likeably, by a young Australian tenor, Adrian Dwyer; quite a find
    The Sunday Telegraph
  • Adrian Dwyer showed boundless promise as Vaudemont…his top is beautifully liquid and free: a remarkable talent
    Opera

  • Born in Melbourne, Adrian Dwyer studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio, London. He made his professional debut as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème in Los Angeles, winning an LA Stage Alliance Award for Outstanding Performance.  Since then his roles have included Macduff Macbeth, Almaviva Barbiere di Siviglia and Miroslav/Harpist Excursions of Mr Broucek for Scottish Opera, Arturo Lucia di Lammermoor, Grailknight Parsifal, and SS Officer in Weinberg’s The Passenger for English National Opera, Cherevin/Young Prisoner From the House of the Dead, Miroslav/Harpist Broucek and Robert Skin Deep for Opera North, Alfredo La Traviata and Almaviva for Opera Queensland, Rodolfo La Boheme (Cape Town Opera, Royal Albert Hall), Sam Street Scene (Opera de Toulon) and Ismaele Nabucco for the State Opera of South Australia.

    On the concert stage he has appeared in a vast array of repertoire at the Opera Comique (Paris), the Prince Regent Theatre (Munich), the Edinburgh International Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and all of the major UK concert venues with eminent conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Bonynge, Jane Glover, Marc Soustrot, David Parry, Ulf Schirmer and Oleg Caetani.

    Born in Melbourne, Australia, Adrian Dwyer first distinguished himself as a prizewinner in all of the major Australian Singing Competitions. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where he studied under Rudolf Piernay, and at the National Opera Studio with the support of the Friends of Covent Garden. He currently studies with Julian Gavin.

    He was hailed as “a remarkable talent” (Opera Magazine) following his college performances as Vaudemont Yolanta, making his European debut at the Opera Comique, Paris, as Bénédict Béatrice et Bénédict.  A further invitation followed to sing Francesco Benvenuto Cellini in Orchestre de Paris’ 2003 Berlioz cycle with Christoph Eschenbach.

    Adrian made his North American debut as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann’s TONY award-winning production of La Boheme at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, subsequently winning a Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance. This role has featured prominently in his career, with other engagements including Francesca Zambello’s Royal Albert Hall production, and in South Africa for Cape Town Opera.

    Other European highlights have included appearances with Scottish Opera as Count Almaviva Barbiere di Siviglia and Macduff Macbeth, at English National Opera as Arturo Lucia di Lammermoor, at Opera North as Miroslav/Harpist Excursions of Mr Broucek,  Cherevin / Young Prisoner From the House of the Dead and Robert in David Sawer’s Skin Deep, Sam Kaplan Street Scene (The Young Vic/The Opera Group, Buxton Festival, Opera de Toulon), Perez Koanga (Sadler’s Wells), Vakula Cherevichki (Garsington Opera), Fenton Falstaff for Diva Opera, Leicester Maria Stuarda and Tamino Die Zauberflote (Grange Park Opera), Lensky Eugene Onegin (Aldeburgh Festival), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Opera Holland Park and Belle Ile Festival France), Roderigo Otello with Graham Vick’s Birmingham Opera Company, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor (Iford), the title role Fra Diavolo (Stanley Hall), and Jenik The Bartered Bride (Mid Wales Opera).

    In his native Australia he has sung Alfredo la Traviata and Almaviva Barbiere di Siviglia for

    Opera Queensland, Ismaele Nabucco for the State Opera of South Australia, as well as
    Steuermann Der Fliegende Hollander with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Oleg Caetani.

    On the concert platform he has performed with The Bayerische Rundfunkorchester (Bernstein Trouble in Tahiti and Sondheim Sweeney Todd), the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival (Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music), The Philharmonia Orchestra (Rossini Stabat Mater, Petite Messe Solennelle), The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall (Verdi Requiem, Orff Carmina Burana), The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, L’Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Léonard da Vinci/Opera de Rouen (Mahler/Schoenberg das Lied von der Erde), The Britten-Pears Orchestra (Mendelssohn Lobgesang), the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Orchestra and the State Orchestra of Victoria, under conductors such as Richard Bonynge, Sir David Stern, David Parry, Ulf Schirmer, Elgar Howarth, Marc Soustrot, Francisco Bonnins, Sergio la Stella, Paul Daniel, Martin Andre, Robin Stapleton and Anthony Inglis.

    His recordings include Cherevichki with the RPO under Elgar Howarth, Der Fliegende Hollander with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Oleg Caetani, and Gardener in Trouble in Tahiti with the Bayerische Rundfunkorchester under Ulf Schilmer.

    Recent and future highlights include a performance of Haydn’s Creation with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edgar in the world-premiere of Alexander Goehr’s Promised End for English Touring Opera, Tamino for Opera Theatre Company Ireland, Janek The Makropoulos Case for Opera North, Giuseppe La Wally for Opera Holland Park, Steersman The Flying Dutchman for NI Opera, and Andres Wozzeck, Strolling Player Death in Venice and Jaquino Fidelio, all for English National Opera.

    Adrian Dwyer is represented worldwide by Ben Rayfield at Rayfield Allied.
    This biography is for information only and should not be reproduced.

    • Hagenbach (Catalani’s La Wally), Opera Holland Park,
      August 2011

      Adrian Dwyer tackled the stratospheric tenor role – a veritable Matterhorn in itself – with heroic stamina
      The Times, R. Morrison
      As her love-object, Hagenbach is more complex – taking the idea of hurting those we love the most to extremes. Adrian Dwyer conveyed conflicted cruelty with considerable panache, and his lyrical tenor made its mark in the role’s high tessitura.
      Classical Source, P. Reed
      Adrian Dwyer convinces as the feckless Hagenbach
      The Telegraph, R. Christiansen
      Adrian Dwyer is a redoubtable Hagenbach
      The Stage, G. Hall
      There’s great support too from Adrian as the swaggering huntsman tenor
      Bloomberg.com, W. Thompson
      I thought Adrian Dwyer might be too light of voice for this role… however, he gave a decent account… rising to the ardour of the final scene well, his tenor ringing through the mountains
      Opera Britannia.com, M. Pullinger
      Tenor Adrian Dwyer is pleasant as the caddish Hagenbach
      Whatsonstage.com, S. Thomas
      There’s fine support from tenor Adrian Dwyer (Hagenbach)
      Metro, W. Thompson
      Adrian Dwyer’s Hagenbach commanded all the arrogant swagger the character demands
      MusicOMH

    • Promised End, Linbury Theatre,
      Royal Opera House

      ...with the best singing coming from Adrian Dwyer as Edgar
      Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen
      His good son Edgar was cleanly sung… and well acted by Adrian Dwyer
      Opera, Andrew Porter
      Edgar, who was movingly portrayed by Adrian Dwyer, especially in his feigned madness, his youthful tenor well contrasted with that of Gloucester
      Opera Britannia, Mark Pullinger
      As Edgar, Adrian Dwyer is convincing and impressive
      operatoday.com, Claire Seymour
      Adrian Dwyer sang a lyrical and honey-toned Edgar
      repeatperformances.org, Jaimie Robles
      The performances themselves are all first class, both dramatically and vocally – a rare thing indeed in the operatic world... I would particularly single out Adrian Dwyer as Edgar
      wheresrunnicles.com, Finn Pollard
      Adrian Dwyer portrayed with touching acuity the transformation of Edgar into Poor Tom
      Boulezian, Mark Berry
      Dwyer was the most incisive in getting the words over
      dilettantemusic.com, Robert Hugill
      Edgar and Gloucester (Adrian Dwyer and Nigel Robson) trace a simple and genuinely touching path through
      London Evening Standard, K. Quirke
      Adrian Dwyer had a bright, easy tenor sound that spoke of his essential goodness
      MusicalCriticism.com, Mike Reynolds

  • Adrian Dwyer’s Concert Repertoire

    Bach
    • St John Passion
    • Magnificat
    • Weihnachts Oratorium
    • Cantatas
    Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 9
    Britten
    • Rejoice in the Lamb
    Bruckner
    • Te deum
    Handel
    • Messiah
    • Judas Maccabaeus
    Haydn
    • Creation
    • Nelson Mass
    Mahler / Schoenberg
    • Das Lied von der Erde
    Mendelssohn
    • Elijah
    • Lobgesang
    Mozart
    • Requiem
    • Mass in C Minor
    • Missa Brevis in D
    Orff
    • Carmina Burana
    Puccini
    • Messa di Gloria
    Rossini
    • Stabat Mater
    • Petite Messe Solennelle
    Schubert
    • Mass in Ab
    Vaughan Williams
    • Serenade to Music
    Verdi
    • Requiem

    Adrian Dwyer’s Opera Repertoire

    Auber
    • Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo)
    Berlioz
    • Beatrice et Benedict (Benedict)
    • Benvenuto Cellini (Francesco)
    Bernstein
    • Trouble in Tahiti (Gardiner/Trio)
    Bizet
    • Pecheurs du Perles (Nadir)
    Delius
    • Koanga (Simon Perez)
    Donizetti
    • Maria Stuarda (Leicester)
    • Lucia di Lammermoor (Arturo, Edgardo)
    • Fille du Regiment (Tonio)
    • L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino)
    • Linda di Chamounix (Carlo)
    Goehr
    • Promised End (Edgar)
    Gounod
    • Romeo et Juliette (Romeo)
    Janacek
    • Excursions of Mr Broucek (Miroslav, Composer, Harpist, Mazal/Petrik)
    Massenet
    • Manon (Des Grieux)
    • La Navarraise (Araquil)
    Mozart
    • Die Zauberflote (Tamino, 1st Armed Man)
    • Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)
    • Cosi fan Tutte (Ferrando)
    Paisiello
    • Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
    Puccini
    • La Boheme (Rodolfo)
    • Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio)
    • Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
    Rossini
    • Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
    Sawer
    • Skin Deep (Robert)
    Smetana
    • The Bartered Bride (Jenik)
    Strauss
    • Der Rosenkavalier (Der Sanger)
    Tchaikowsky
    • Cherevichki (Vakula)
    • Eugene Onegin (Lenski)
    • Iolanta (Vaudemont)
    Verdi
    • La Traviata (Alfredo)
    • Rigoletto (Duca)
    • Otello (Cassio/Roderigo)
    • Falstaff (Fenton)
    • Nabucco (Ismaele)
    • Macbeth (Macduff)
    Wagner
    • Der Fliegende Hollander (Steuermann)
    Weill
    • Street Scene (Sam Kaplan)

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