Meet Warwick

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Warwick Fyfe is an Australian opera singer, Helden Baritone, considered to be one of Australia’s leading exponents of the Wagnerian repertoire who has performed throughout Australasia and internationally. Most recently, he has sung Water King (Vodnik) (Rusalka- WAOC), and Scarpia (Tosca, OA). Wagner rôles include:  Wotan / (Wanderer) MOC, OMM and Alberich, OA) (OA); Heerufer (OA); Beckmesser (OA); Klingsor (OA); Hunding (WASO); Dutchman (OA), Daland (VO); Wolfram (OA); Fasolt (SOSA). 

Other major rôles include: Pizarro (Fidelio-MO, OA,WASO); Amonasro (Aida, OA, Finnish National Opera);  (Athanaël (Thaïs-FNO); Peter (Hansel and Gretel- OA),OMM); Four Villains (Tales of Hoffmann-ETO); Falstaff (OA); Rigoletto (OA, NZO); Sancho Panza (Don Quichotte- OA); Paolo (Simon Boccanegra- OA); Leporello (NZO) (OA) ; Fra Melitone (Forza del Destino- OA); Scarpia (WAO, OA); Tonio (I Pagliacci- NZO); Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier- OA); Schaunard (La Boheme- OA); Dr Schon /Jack the Ripper (Lulu- OA) ; Germont (La Traviata- OA); Mandryka (Arabella-OA). 

Warwick  has delighted audiences in comedic rôles, such as Bottom (Midsummer Night’s Dream, Adelaide Festival); Barone di Trombonok (Viaggio a Rheims - OA); Geronio (Il Turco in Italia- OA); Dr Bartolo (Barber of Seville- WAO) (VOC); Pooh Bah (Mikado, OA); Taddeo (Italian Girl in Algiers- NZO); Papageno (Magic Flute, OA).

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Bach, Ein Deutsches Requiem. Melbourne Bach Choir.

Bach, St.John Passion. Melbourne

Bach, St Matthew Passion. Canberra, 

Bach, B Minor Mass. Canberra

Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle. Monash Academy. 

Beethoven 9.  SSO, MSO, WASO., 

Beethoven, Mass in C. Melbourne.

Beethoven, Fidelio (WASO)

Mahler 8. (OMM, Sing)

Orff, Carmina Burana SSO , MSO. QSO, ASO.NZSO.

Handel, Messiahs: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart.

Missa Solemnis. SPO

Rachmaninoff, The Bells. (WASO)

Rossini, Stabat Mater. (SSO),

Szymanowski, Stabat Mater. (Melbourne Bach Choir) 

Schoenberg, Gurrelieder. SSO

Verd, Requiem WASO, QSO, WAYO

Wagner, Rheingold, OMM (Sing)

Wagner, Walküre. WASO

Wagner; Parsifal. OA

Photo: With Jonas Kaufmann, OA Parsifal (As Klingsor).

Patrick Togher, Director

Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 

109A Burradoo Rd

Burradoo NSW 2576

Email: patrick@patricktogher.com

Mobile: 0411 129 690 (Patrick Togher)

Website: http://www.patricktogher.com

Natalie De Biasi: Artist Manager

natalie@patricktogher.com   0403 770 602

Paull-Anthony Keightley: Artist Manager

Paull@paticktogher.com 0433 043 502

A member of international Artist Managers’ Association (IAMA) http://www.iamaworld.com

A member of Opera Managers’ Association International http://www.operamanagers.org

https://www.patricktogher.com/warwick-fyfe/

Photo: As Athanaël in Thaïs. Photo credit: Finnish National Opera .

“Australian bass-baritone Warwick Fyfe’s performance of a part that has been taken by actors like Werner Klemperer (son of the conductor, Otto) or by ex-singers (Schoenberg apparently mulled over the idea of a retired tenor) was magisterial – full of illuminating gesture and direct communication (helping us to ‘see’, for example, the web that the summer wind tore away). Toward the end it was if Fyfe was longing to sing, a moving yearning that led logically into a powerful choral conclusion, testament to music’s ability to deliver the most decisively powerful climaxes.” Gordon Williams, Operawire. 24/03/2024

https://operawire.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra-2024-review-gurrelieder/#google_vignette

Under the baton of Maestro Ascher Fisch, with the West Australian Symphon Orchestra. 

“Warwick Fyfe is impassioned as the evil prison governor, joined by the 40-strong male members of the WASO chorus in his rousing introduction. His is a visceral performance. From the thump of his footsteps as he enters the stage, Fyfe’s performance supersedes the concert form, giving a peek into how this character could be played in a full production” Leah Mercer, The Conversation, 3//03/2020

"Warwick Fyfe as the evil sorcerer Klingsor was simply sensational. He thundered the text, expressing the seething rage underlying Klingsor’s malevolence. His articulation of Wagner’s text was exemplary. Having recently excelled as Alberich in Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle, Fyfe has shown himself to be one of the finest Wagnerian singers Australia has produced." Deen Hamaker, Soundslike Sydney , 9/08/2017 

"The image Wagner created of the open bleeding wound to represent a self-inflicted fall from grace, brings to mind the art of Francis Bacon. That image is taken further in the figure of the self-castrated Klingsor, to whose impotent malevolence Warwick Fyfe brought terrifying ferocity, a keen-edged incisive voice, madly wandering eye and brilliant character portrayal." Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald, 10/08/2017

“Warwick Fyfe was a commanding vocal presence as the prison governor Pizarro. His incarnation of the dastardly villain, already strongly marked in Beethoven’s music, became almost parodic with a physical performance that embodied the twisted evil of this malefactor, acknowledged by the friendly booing mixed with applause that greeted Fyfe’s curtain call. “ 

Elizabeth Kertesz, Australian Book Review, Arts . 9/2/2020