Malachy Frame - Baritone
Belfast-born baritone Malachy Frame is a Rising Star of the Enlightenment with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for 2023-25, and was Northern Ireland Opera's 'Voice of 2016,' having won the competition at the company's annual Festival of Voice.
Recent operatic roles have included Dandini in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Figaro and Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in Puccini's La Bohème, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, March Hare/White Knight in Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Slook in Rossini's La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Leporello and Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
As a concert soloist, recent performances have included a Wigmore Hall debut singing Bach with the Gabrieli Consort, Purcell’s King Arthur in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Bach’s St John Passion at the Barbican, Bach’s Easter Oratorio in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Britten's War Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Mass in B minor, Magnificat, and St Matthew Passion, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Theodora, and Alexander’s Feast, Vaughan-Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.
Performances over the next few months include playing the role of the Speaker in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Nevill Holt Festival, Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, various performances of Bach with the OAE, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Gabrieli Consort and the Ulster Consort, and a tour of Schubert’s Winterreise with pianist Freddie Brown.