Paul Whelan

Lyric bass

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Recent engagements

2021

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Christchurch City Choir, Christchurch Town Hall, October 2021

Rachmaninoff The Bells

Bach Musica NZ, Auckland Town Hall, September 2021

Beethoven Fidelio

APO, Auckland, May 2021

Mozart Don Giovanni

Wellington Opera, April 2021

Ihitai ‘Avei’a – Star Navigator

Opera New Zealand,  March 2021

2020

Handel Semele

Opera New Zealand, November 2020

Handel Messiah

Christchurch City Choir, 12 December 2020

2019

Mozart Requiem

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, 31 August 2019

Mozart Don Giovanni

Garsington Opera, May–July 2019

Smetana The Bartered Bride

Garsington Opera, May–July 2019

Janacek Katya Kabanova

Scottish Opera, March 2019

Stuart MacRae Anthropocene (world première)

Scottish Opera, January–February 2019

2018

Puccini Turandot

New Orleans Opera, September 2018

Twilight of the Gods

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra

Mozart Requiem

Cecilia Chorus, Carnegie Hall (debut), 11 May 2018

Clint Borzoni The Copper Queen

Workshop for Arizona Opera, April 2018

Haydn The Creation

Arctic Philharmonic

2017

London Song Festival

Monteverdi Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria

Grange Opera Festival

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

2016

Puccini And His World

Bard Music Festival, August 2016

Ambroise Thomas Hamlet

Goteborg Opera, April–May 2016

2015

Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Grand-Théâtre de Genève, November 2015

Mozart The Magic Flute

Hawaii Opera Theatre, October 2015

Bellini I Puritani

Victorian Opera, Arts Centre Melbourne, July 2015

Wagner Parsifal

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, May 2015

Wagner The Flying Dutchman

Hawaii Opera Theatre, February 2015

2014

Bach St John Passion

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

Bellini I Puritani

Boston Lyric Opera

Verdi Macbeth

Opera North, UK

2013

Wagner The Flying Dutchman

New Zealand Opera (Auckland and Wellington)

Stravinsky The Rake’s Progress

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

All Wagner Programme

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Hear and Far: Modern Masters

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Auckland and Wellington)

Bach St Matthew Passion

Opera Queensland and Camerata of St John’s

2012

Verdi Aida

Sydney Opera House

Mozart Requiem

Sydney Opera House, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Monteverdi L’Incoronazione Di Poppea

Opera de Dijon

Monteverdi L’Incoronazione Di Poppea

Opera de Lille

2011

Wagner Das Rheingold

Auckland Town Hall

Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream

English National Opera, London UK

Britten The Rape of Lucretia

Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Oslo, Norway

Beethoven Mass in C Major

Grant Park Music Festival, Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Rossini La Cenerentola

Glyndebourne, UK

Handel Theodora

Northern Sinfonia, The Sage Gateshead

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Grant Park Music Festival, Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe

Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Mozart Requiem

Perth Concert Hall
May

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

English National Opera, London Coliseum
February – March

The Original Antarctic Symphony, Vaughan Williams

Wellington Town Hall
April

2008

Elgar The Dream Of Gerontius

Berliner Philharmoniker

Bach St Matthew Passion

The Bach Choir
London Festival Hall

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies The Martyrdom Of St Magnus

Edinburgh/Inverness/Orkney

Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle

New Zealand Opera
Wellington NZ

Don John Of Austria

City Recital Hall, Sydney

Mozart C Minor Mass

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

2007

Bach St Matthew Passion

Royal Albert Hall, London UK

Bizet Carmen

Welsh National Opera, Cardiff and Birmingham

Elgar The Apostles

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Leeds Town Hall, UK

Bach St Matthew Passion

Birmingham Symphony Hall

Stuart MacRae The Assassin Tree

Royal Opera House/Edinburgh Festival
World Premier

Wagner Die Meistersinger

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

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