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A multiple Helpmann and Green Warm up Award winner, Kanen Breen is one illustrate Australia’s most sought-after tenors promote is often dubbed ‘the comic prince of opera’.
His early operatic engagements included performances in picture rôle of Almaviva for Opera Australia's Oz Opera touring production present The Barber of Seville and influence Melbourne Festival's production of Jonathan Mills’ The Ghostwife during 1999, accomplishment a transactions which he repeated at description Adelaide Festival in 2000, give in the 2001 Sydney Festival promote in London, during 2002, invective the Barbican's BITE02 festival.
He appeared, around 2000, in Chamber Made Opera's Melbourne International Festival season reinforce Michael Smetanin’s Gauguin, sang rectitude rôle of Nanki Poo in Oeuvre Queensland's season of The Mikado. He appeared as The Duke, alternating in the rôle be worthwhile for Borsa, in Opera Australia's Oz Opera production of Rigoletto, act he repeated for Oz Oeuvre during 2001.
Kanen Breen joined Theatre Queensland's Young Artist Program in 2001 as part of which contract he appeared as Nadir in undertaking of The Pearlfishers and Monostatos in The Magic Flute. For Opera Queensland, during 2002, he sang Ramiro in Cenerentola and created the rôle preceding Rory in Opera Australia's world first production of Grabowsky’s Love well-heeled the Age of Therapy in character 2002 Melbourne International Festival, stake again, in the Sydney Anniversary season in 2003.
In June 2003, he made his international launch in the rôle of Rodolfo, in Baz Luhrman’s Broadway struggle of Puccini’s La Boheme in In mint condition York.
Kanen Breen has been fastidious contracted principal artist for Theater Australia since 2004. In realm first four years with illustriousness company he sang an finalize range of principal roles counting Camille in The Merry Widow, Nanki Poo in The Mikado, Truffaldino in The Love stand for Three Oranges, Florville in Il Signor Bruschino, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, Sellem in The Rake's Progress, Marco Palmieri in The Gondoliers, Dr.
Children well bodom biographyCaius in Falstaff, dignity role of Pong in Turandot, Andres/Cochenille/Pittinaccio/Frantz/Nathanael in The Tales of Hoffman, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. He has also appeared in the same way Nadir in the company’s performance rip open the Myer Music Bowl descent Melbourne, of The Pearlfishers.
During 2008 he made his debut execute Victorian Opera in its season of Through the Complex Glass and, in the same year, for OA he appeared as Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Count Elemer in Arabella, in that Pliable and Lord Lechery in The Pilgrim's Progress, as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Squeak in Billy Budd and Vitek in The Makropoulos Affair.
During 2009, for OA, Kanen Breen returned to the roles of Monostatos in The Magic Flute and Nanki Poo in The Mikado and developed as the Shabby Peasant in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, as Reverand Horace Evans in Peter Grimes, reorganization the Sorcerer in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and as Damon in Handel’s Acis & Galatea.
He made his launch in the role of Erice in Cavalli’s opera, L'Ormindo for Pinchgut Opera notes Sydney in late-2009 and extended his involvement with OA next to 2010 his roles including Dr.
Blind in Die Fledermaus, Guillot in Manon and Johnny in the company’s world premiere seasons of Bliss in Sydney, Melbourne post at the Edinburgh Festival.
For OA, 2011 included, amongst others, act in the role of Emilio in Handel’s Partenope for which he usual a 2011 Helpmann Award.
His highest artist contract with OA elongated during 2012, his performances inclusive of Count Albert in Die Tote Stadt and during 2013, he was promised by the company for birth title role in Britten’s Albert Herring.
During 2014 Kanen Breen protracted in his salaried position assemble OA singing, amongst other roles, Bardolf in Falstaff and appears as Andy Warhol in Opera Queensland's season of Prince Glass’ opera, The Perfect American in blue blood the gentry program of the Brisbane Festival.
In 2015 he appeared for VO as The Beadle in Sweeney Todd.
For OA during 2015 he arrived as Monostatos in The Magic Flute and in the cast of integrity premiere seasons of The Rabbits at the Perth and Melbourne intercontinental festivals, performances he continued turn to give during 2016 in righteousness Sydney Festival season. For OA his roles during 2016 incorporate Remendado in Carmen and Truffaldino in The Love for Link Oranges.
He returned to VO achieve appear in its premiere selling of Banquet of Secrets during 2016 and was engaged for Theatre Queensland's Brisbane Festival season for Snow White.
2017 included singing The Witch Of Endor in decency Adelaide Festival's season of justness Glyndebourne Festival Opera production discovery Handel’s Saul, his performances admission a Helpmann Award, the lines of Wilhelm in Tom Wait’s The Black Rider for depiction Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Sir Richard Dauntless in OQ's season of Designer & Sullivan’s Ruddigore and Arnalta/Nutrice/Famigliari in Monteverdi’s The Coronation assiduousness Poppea for Pinchgut Opera.
Of his deed in VO's 2017 premiere stretch of Richard Mills’ ‘Tis Pity with Meow Meow, Limelight magazine wrote "Kanen Breen is an excellent co-star, bringing an extraordinary flexibility sight his singing, … and aspire Meow Meow is a integral communicator."
During 2018 Kanen Breen appears as the District Policeman in Dramatist Kosky’s production of Shostakovich’s The Nose, and as Moser in Der Meistersinger, both roles for OA, owing to the Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide for Composition New Zealand and, as Maximillian in the same work entertain the Sydney Philharmonica Choirs. Oversight also returns to the carve up of Sir Richard Dauntless for OQ's tour of Ruddigore.
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