Tenor

William Morgan

Così fan tutte

Biography

British tenor William Morgan’s current and future engagements include the title role in Bernstein’s Candide, Marco in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera), Talus in the world premiere of Michael Zev Gordon’s Raising Icarus (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group), Victorin in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (English National Opera), Le Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), and the world premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Scenes from the Wild, a song cycle commissioned by City of London Sinfonia with the tenor solo written for him. Recent engagements include Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte (Longborough Festival), Prunier in Puccini’s La Rondine (West Green Opera), First Priest in Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus, Reporter in Philip Glass’s Orphée, Writer in the premiere of Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper (English National Opera), Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at BBC Proms), Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra), Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Scottish Opera), and a Johann Strauss Gala tour by Raymond Gubbay. William has performed concerts at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room, the Royal Overseas League, the Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican, St John's Smith Square, and Canterbury Cathedral, and in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He is a graduate of London’s Royal College of Music, was a National Opera Studio young artist sponsored by English National Opera, and continues to study with Tim Evans-Jones.

May 2023