"A clear tenor voice with striking resonance"
 
​Gramophone magazine

​"Impressive lyricism"

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​Opera magazine

Biography

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William Morgan is a British operatic tenor. He works as a principal artist for some of the UK's leading opera theatres, as well as for companies overseas, in a diverse repertoire encompassing both classical roles and new compositions. 

His current and future engagements include NARRABOTH in Calixto Bieito’s production of Salome and NOVICE Billy Buddy Opéra de Lyon, MALE CHORUS The Rape of Lucretia English Touring Opera, FREDERIC The Pirates of Penzance, TAMINO The Magic Flute, VICTORIN The Dead City English National Opera, CAMILLE Merry Widow, FREDDY in Dove’s Marx in London Scottish Opera, FAIRFAX Yeomen of the Guard Opera Holland Park, TOM RAKEWELL The Rake’s Progress Théâtre Orchestre Bienne, and FERRANDO Così fan tutte Irish National Opera.
Previous engagements include Candide (title role), MARCO The Gondoliers, TAMINO Die Zauberflöte, MISAEL The Burning Fiery Furnace Scottish Opera, DON OTTAVIO Don Giovanni, FERRANDO Così fan tutte and ANTHONY Sweeney Todd Longborough Festival, WALTHER/HUGO/OLD WOMAN Blond Eckbert English Touring Opera and Aldeburgh Festival, TEACHER Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and ENO Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Scenes from the Wild (world premiere) City of London Sinfonia, Dialogues des Carmélites Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, TALUS in Michael Zev Gordon’s Raising Icarus (world premiere) Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, TAMINO, PRUNIER La Rondine and ANTHONY Sweeney Todd West Green Opera, WRITER Jack the Ripper (world premiere), FIRST PRIEST The Mask of Orpheus, REPORTER Orphée, PETER QUINT The Turn of the Screw, HOT BISCUIT SLIM Paul Bunyan, PHAETON in Jonathan Dove’s The Day After English National Opera, TOM RAKEWELL The Rake’s Progress Gothenburg Symphony, and Johann Strauss Gala tour Raymond Gubbay Ltd.

William has performed concerts at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, Royal Overseas League, Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Canterbury Cathedral, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at BBC Proms, and on BBC Radio 3. He trained at the National Opera Studio and at the Royal College of Music.
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