Iain MacNeil
Iain MacNeil | |
|---|---|
| Born | Canada |
| Occupation | Operatic baritone |
| Organizations | Oper Frankfurt |
| Website | iainmacneil |
Iain MacNeil is a Canadian baritone in opera and concert who has performed leading roles at major opera houses in North America and Europe. He is based at the Oper Frankfurt, where he appeared in the title role in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse in 2022.
Career
[edit]MacNeil was born in Canada. He was a member of the studio of the Canadian Opera Company where he performed the title role of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in his last year.[1] Other roles there included Fiorello in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marquis d’Obigny in Verdi's La traviata and Dancaïro in Bizet's Carmen.[2] In 2013, he took part in Emmerich Smola Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival.[2] He appeared as Tarquinius in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at the Banff Centre in Toronto in 2016, and appeared as Mozart's Don Giovanni with Saskatoon Opera in 2017.[1][2] He received a scholarship by the Richard Wagner Verband Frankfurt in 2018.[2]
MacNeil became a member of the Oper Frankfurt with the 2019/20 season,[2] where he performed roles such as Melot in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Tadeusz in Weinberg's Die Passagierin, Johann in Massenet's Werther, and four roles in Martinů's Julietta, among others. He appeared further as Johann in Massenet's Werther and the Minstrel in Humperdinck's Königskinder, a role that he also performed at the Tirol Festival in Erl.[2] In 2022, he appeared in the title role in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse in Frankfurt, directed by Tatjana Gürbaca and conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta.[2][3][4] His colleagues included Juanita Lascarro as Penelope and Danylo Matviienko as Antinoos, one of her suitors.[2] His voice in the role was described by a reviewer from Süddeutsche Zeitung as "gloriously bronze-saturated baritone that exudes an almost tenor warmth in the high register" (mit einem herrlich bronzen gesättigten Bariton, der in der Höhe eine fast tenorale Wärme verströmt"), who portrayed the "character's self-exegeses" with excellent diction and "immaculate legato".[5] He appeared as the Duke in Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress in 2022 when the opera was first performed in Frankfurt, directed by Vasily Barkhatov, alongside Asmik Grigorian and Elena Manistina as the Duchess.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bell, Angie (2022). "#BehindtheCurtain: Iain MacNeil: "Music is cathartic"". Opera Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Iain MacNeil / Baritone". Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Sternberg, Judih von (27 June 2022). "Oper Frankfurt: "Ulisse" von Luigi Dallapiccola – Erstaunen und erneut wieder schauen". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Scholz, Dieter David (28 June 2022). "Ein "Niemand" auf der Suche nach sich selbst: "Ulisse" von Luigi Dallapiccola in Frankfurt". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Stallknecht, Michael (27 June 2022). "Sinnsuche mit Zwölftonmusik: Luigi Dallapiccolas "Ulisse" an der Oper Frankfurt". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Xavier, Cester (21 December 2022). "Asmik Grigorian hechiza con una rareza de Chaikovsky / Frankfurt". Opera actual (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Peter, Wolf-Dieter (18 December 2022). "Korrektur am Tschaikowsky-Repertoire – "Die Zauberin" bezaubert, beeindruckt und gehört in die Spielpläne". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Iain MacNeil / Baritone Operabase
- Iain MacNeil discography at Discogs