"William Morgan rose magnificently to the many challenges of his role, making the narrator a distinctive character with real emotions, from frustration and anger at humanity’s cruelty to awe and wonder at the beauty of nature.
Addressing the audience directly, with scarcely a pause in the work’s 80-minute duration, Morgan succeeded in holding the interest at all times, yet never drawing attention away from the important orchestral contributions."
Musical Opinion , Scenes from the Wild, 2021
Addressing the audience directly, with scarcely a pause in the work’s 80-minute duration, Morgan succeeded in holding the interest at all times, yet never drawing attention away from the important orchestral contributions."
Musical Opinion , Scenes from the Wild, 2021
CURRENT / UPCOMING WORK
The subtly nuanced acting and expressive singing of a fine cast adds to the unease ... You get a vivid feeling of traumas barely suppressed - The Times
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Judith Weir
Blond Eckbert - Walther/Hugo/Old Woman English Touring Opera Autumn 2024 This production premiered at the opening of the Aldeburgh Festival 2024. Conductor: Gerry Cornelius Director: Robin Norton-Hale Touring venues including Hackney Empire, Snape Maltings, Buxton Opera House, Saffron Hall. For dates and details please visit Blond Eckbert: Double Bill | English Touring Opera |
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Gilbert and Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance - Frederic English National Opera December 2024 - February 2025 Director: Mike Leigh Revival Director: Sarah Tipple Conductor: Natalie Murray Beale |
Further engagaments in 2025 to be announced.
PAST WORK: 2023-24
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Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress - Tom Rakewell Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, Switzerland October-December 2023 Conductor: Yannis Pouspourikas Director: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Performance dates and details: The Rake's Progress – TOBS Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn |
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Jonathan Dove
Marx in London! - Freddy Demuth Scottish Opera (UK Premiere) February 2024 Theatre Royal, Glasgow Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Conductor: David Parry Director: Stephen Barlow Performance dates and details: Marx in London! | Scottish Opera |
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Mozart
The Magic Flute - Tamino English National Opera 12th March 2024 The Magic Flute | ENO Conductor: Erina Yashima Director: Simon McBurney Revival Director: Rachael Hewer |
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Judith Weir
Blond Eckbert - Walther/Hugo/Old Woman Aldeburgh Festival 7th June 2024 Conductor: Gerry Cornelius Director: Robin Norton-Hale A co-production with English Touring Opera Full details: Blond Eckbert | Britten Pears Arts |
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Šimon Voseček
Ogres Prague State Opera 17th June 2024 Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague Conductor: Stephanie Childress |
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Gilbert & Sullivan
The Yeomen of the Guard - Fairfax Opera Holland Park August 2024 Conductor: David Eaton Director: John Savournin Performance dates and details: The Yeomen of the Guard - Opera Holland Park |
2022-23
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Bernstein
Candide - Title role Scottish Opera August 2022 Conductor: Stuart Stratford Director: Jack Furness Photo credit: James Glossop |
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Poulenc
Dialogues des Carmélites - Commissaire Teatro dell'Opera di Roma November-December 2022 Conductor: Michele Mariotti Director: Emma Dante |
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Korngold
The Dead City (Die Tote Stadt) - Victorin English National Opera Spring 2023 Conductor: Kirill Karabits Director: Annilese Miskimmon |
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Mozart
Cosi fan Tutte - Ferrando Irish National Opera Spring 2023 Conductor: Elaine Kelly Director: Polly Graham |
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Sondheim
Sweeney Todd - Anthony West Green House Opera Summer 2023 Conductor: Jonathan Lyness Director: Richard Studer |
2021-22
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Mozart
Cosi fan tutte - Ferrando Longborough Festival Opera July - August 2021 Conductor: Lesley Anne Sammons Director: Sam Brown |
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Puccini
La Rondine - Prunier West Green House Opera August 2021 Conductor: Jonathan Lyness Director: Richard Studer Photo credit: Sam Smith |
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Gilbert & Sullivan
The Gondoliers - Marco Scottish Opera Autumn 2021 - Spring 2022 Conductor: Derek Clark Director: Stuart Maunder Theatre Royal, Glasgow Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Hackney Empire, London |
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Scenes from the Wild A dramatic song cycle for tenor and orchestra Premiered 25 November 2021 Southwark Cathedral, London The City of London Sinfonia Geoffrey Paterson - conductor William Morgan - tenor Text by Amanda Holden, based on Diary of a Young Naturalist (2020) by Dara McAnulty. |
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Michael Zev Gordon
Raising Icarus - Talus Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in association with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts April 2022 Conductor: Natalie Murray Beale Director: Orpha Phelan Birmingham Repertory Theatre Photo credit: Matthew Williams-Ellis |
2019-20
William performed at the Oxford Lieder Festival, in a programme of Schubert songs with the pianist Anna Tilbrook.
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2020 was broadcast live online, produced by TallWall Media. (Video available)
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2020 was broadcast live online, produced by TallWall Media. (Video available)
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Mozart Don Giovanni - Don Ottavio Longborough Festival 2019 Conductor: Thomas Blunt Director: Martin Constantine Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music BBC Proms 2019 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Martyn Brabbins Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus - First Priest / Judge of the Dead English National Opera 2019 Conductors: Martyn Brabbins, James Henshaw Director: Daniel Kramer Philip Glass Orphée - Reporter English National Opera 2019 Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson Director: Netia Jones |
2018-19
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Mozart
The Magic Flute - Tamino Scottish Opera 2019 Conductor: Tobias Ringborg Director: Sir Thomas Allen Theatre Royal, Glasgow Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Lewes Festival of Song 2019 Corelli Ensemble Conductor: Sian Edwards Finzi Till Earth Outwears Britten Songs from the Chinese Ludlow English Song Weekend 2019 William Morgan (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Sean Shibe (guitar) Broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
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Iain Bell
Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel - The Writer English National Opera 2019 Conductor: Martyn Brabbins Director: Daniel Kramer London Coliseum |
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The Johann Strauss Gala
National Tour 2019 Raymond Gubbay Ltd John Rigby - Conductor Alexandra Worrall - Choreographer Corinne Cowling - soprano William Morgan - tenor The Johann Strauss dancers Barbican, London Symphony Hall, Birmingham Royal and Derngate, Northampton Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Usher Hall, Edinburgh Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Royal Festival Hall, London New Victoria Theatre, Woking National Concert Hall, Dublin |
Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress - Tom Rakewell
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, 2018
Conductor: Barbara Hannigan
Director: Linus Fellbom
Britten
The Burning Fiery Furnace - Misael
Scottish Opera at the Lammermuir Festival 2018
Director: Jenny Ogilvie
Conductor: Derek Clarke
Britten
Paul Bunyan - Hot Biscuit Slim
English National Opera, 2018
Director: Jamie Manton
Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren
Britten
The Turn of the Screw
- Prologue / Peter Quint
The Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, 2018
in collaboration with English National Opera
Conductor: Toby Purser
Director: Timothy Sheader