Matthew Durkan

A Harewood Artist at the English National Opera, Matthew’s roles for the company have so far included Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schaunard La bohème, Fiorello The Barber of Seville, Marullo Rigoletto, Yamadori Madam Butterfly, Hel Helson Paul Bunyan, Ormonte Partenope, Polyphemus Acis and Galatea and Malcolm Fleet in the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Marnie. Elsewhere he has sung Belcore L’elisir d’amore for Glyndebourne on Tour; Masetto Don Giovanni for the Opéra de Rouen Haute Normandie, in Versailles and for Longborough Festival Opera; Demetrius for L’Opéra Comédie de Montpellier; the role of Captain in Hartmann’s Simplicius Simplicissimus for Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells and Melisso Alcina and Elviro Serse for Longborough Festival Opera.