Baritone
Matthew Mannion
Madama Butterfly, The Bartered BrideBiography
Mannion is a member of the Irish National Opera company chorus. He has performed the roles of the Usher in Verdi’s Rigoletto, First Priest in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Second Prisoner in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Hunter in Rossini’s William Tell (with INO/Nouvel Opéra Fribourg), Fourth Waiter in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, and Servant in Verdi’s La traviata, as well as covering Colline in Puccini’s La bohème for INO. Most recently he performed the roles of Yeats/Shouter 5/Judge in Alberto Caruso’s Lady Gregory in America with the Wild Swan Theatre Company, Guglielmo with Opera in the Open’s Così fan tutte, Father Owl in Oliver Rudland’s The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark with the Ballaghaderreen Arts Festival, and competed as a finalist in the Bernadette Greevy Competition at the National Concert Hall. His other roles include Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Opera Britain), Melisso in Handel’s Alcina (Saluzzo Opera Academy), Moralès in Bizet’s Carmen, Marchese d’Obigny in Verdi’s La traviata, and Imperial Commissioner in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (Lyric Opera Productions), Victorian 4 in William Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland(Opera Collective Ireland) and creating the roles of Liam in Backstage and Owen in The Stalls, both by Tom Lane (Ulysses Opera/Cork Midsummer Festival). Upcoming engagements include the role of the Outlaw in INO’s production of Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Enchiriadis Choir .
Novemember 2025