Helden Bass Baritone
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Warwick was born in Canberra, Australia, and has four elder siblings, Sue, Cheryl, Gordon and Maree. Most of his family live in Canberra, although Warwick is currently based in Sydney, where he lives with his wife, Dr Ruth Frances. Warwick's other major interests include art, literature, film, politics, history, and the Australian countryside.
Born: Canberra, Australia, 1969
Educated: Red Hill Primary School, Telopea Park High School, Narrabundah College, Canberra.
Music Education: Canberra School of Music, Victorian College of the Arts (Opera Studio)
Victoria State Opera Schools Company
Victoria State Opera Young Artist Program
Opera Australia Young Artist Program
Opera Australia Principal
Senior Principal Artist, Opera Australia
International Freelance Artist 2015- present
Photo: As Athanaël in Thaïs, Finnish National. Opera
Warwick Fyfe is an Australian opera singer, considered to be one of Australia’s leading exponents of the Wagnerian repertoire and has performed throughout Australasia and internationally, Most recently, he has sung the rôles of Wotan / Wanderer (MO, OMM and Alberich, OA). Other Wagner rôles include Heerrufer (OA); Beckmesser (OA); Klingsor (OA); Hunding (WASO); Dutchman (OA), Daland (VO); Wolfram (OA); Fasolt (SOSA).
Other major work encompasses Amonasro (Aida-FNO, OA); Pizarro (Fidelio-MO, OA,WASO); 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 (OA); Taddeo (Italian Girl in Algiers- NZO); Papageno (OA).
Concert work includes: Gurrelieder, (SSO); Carmina Burana (MSO, QSO, Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus); Beethoven 9 (MSO), (Orchestra Wellington);; The Bells, WASO; Stabat Mater (Rossini, SSO); Viva Verdi (TYO); St Matthew Passion, St John Passion (Melbourne Bach Choir); Bluebeard’s Castle (Monash Academy Orchestra); Mahler 8 (OMM); Stabat Mater (Szymanowski), (Melbourne Bach Choir); Ein Deutsches Requiem (OA), (Melbourne Bach Choir); Messiah (State Symphony Orchestras).
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“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
“The singing was of a consistently high standard, with the Alberich of Warwick Fyfe particularly fine. His familiar, award-winning portrayal of this character was superb, the sudden moments of vocal beauty in his powerful singing giving the character unexpected but moving glimpses of a flawed and deeply buried humanity. “ Michael Halliwell, ABR. 4/12/2023
“The singing was of a generally high order, led by Warwick Fyfe’s magisterial Wotan, a long way from his last seen (but equally effective) appearance as Bottom. He suggested a boss god genuinely challenged by the magnitude of the decisions demanded of him, and it will be interesting to see how this develops through the succeeding operas.” Sandra Bowdler, 25/-3/2023. Bachtrack.
https://bachtrack.com/review-rheingold-negus-chaundy-melbourne-opera-bendigo-march-2023
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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
Jaimee-lee Camkin: Assistant Artist Manager
jaimee@patricktogher.com 0410 210 461
A member of international Artist Managers’ Association (IAMA) http://www.iamaworld.com
A member of Opera Managers’ Association International http://www.operamanagers.org
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Photo: Concert Performance of Walküre, WASO. 2023. Conductor Ascher Fisch.
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
Photo:
Fidelio, in Concert. WASO 2020.
Jonathan Lemalu, Adrian Tamburini, Warwick Fyfe & Andrew Goodwin.
As a performer, Warwick draws inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including literature, art, film, personal experiences, current events, and the world around us. Indeed, as he makes his way through life, he tries to be like a sponge. Warwick takes the view that if a performer is an empty vessel, nothing interesting can come out o
As a performer, Warwick draws inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including literature, art, film, personal experiences, current events, and the world around us. Indeed, as he makes his way through life, he tries to be like a sponge. Warwick takes the view that if a performer is an empty vessel, nothing interesting can come out of him / her. Art cannot be fluked. To this end, he believes in the German concept of 'Bildung' -the onus of intelligibility and the vital importance of having a rich cultural hinterland.
[Photo courtesy of Finnish National Opera. Role: Athanaël in Thaïs]
Warwick has been the recipient of many awards including:
Winston Churchill Fellowship
Helpmann Award
Green Room Awards
The Bayreuth Scholarship
Performing Arts WA award for outstanding achievement by an interstate artist
McDonald’s Aria
Heinz Australian Youth Aria
Leopold Julian Kronenberg Foundation Award (Stanislaw Moniuszko International Vocal
Warwick has been the recipient of many awards including:
Winston Churchill Fellowship
Helpmann Award
Green Room Awards
The Bayreuth Scholarship
Performing Arts WA award for outstanding achievement by an interstate artist
McDonald’s Aria
Heinz Australian Youth Aria
Leopold Julian Kronenberg Foundation Award (Stanislaw Moniuszko International Vocal Competition,Warsaw)
Dame Mabel Brookes Memorial Fellowship
The Austral Salon Scholarship
The Mabel Kent Scholarship
Bayreuth Bursary
“Rusalka rehearsals have been characterised by a sense of pervasive bonhomie and consistent tangible progress. This is my first Czech role and when I first opened the score I was daunted by all those queer, opaque words. That feeling has been replaced by a sense of achievement that I’m finally able to command the whole role and know what’s been sung at all times. I come back all the time to that magic which lies in the greats works of bohemian composers - a beauty that’s almost painful and takes one to somewhere else. Smetana’s Moldau is an example. It’s just so very pleasant working with perfect colleagues and at such a high level. “
As Sancho Panza to Ferruccio Furlanetto's Don. For Opera Australia
Limelight . Mar 19 . Angus Macpherson.
"Warwick Fyfe is marvellous as the Don’s right-hand man Sancho, providing vocal strength, surety and a comic performance that sits just the right side of hammy, shifting when required into earnest and impassioned advocacy for his master
As Sancho Panza to Ferruccio Furlanetto's Don. For Opera Australia
Limelight . Mar 19 . Angus Macpherson.
"Warwick Fyfe is marvellous as the Don’s right-hand man Sancho, providing vocal strength, surety and a comic performance that sits just the right side of hammy, shifting when required into earnest and impassioned advocacy for his master – he plays off Furlanetto with obvious relish." Angus Macpherson, Limelight. 19/03/2018
As Beckmesser, in Wagner's Die Meistersinger,
"Acclaimed baritone Warwick Fyfe has the role of his career in vexatious misanthrope Sixtus Beckmesser..........Along with well-judged moments of buffoonery, the comedy is all the more effective for Fyfe’s completely serious focus, and his singing, particularly when Sixtus is actually performing, is nothing short of glorious.”
As Amonasro, King of Ethiopia and father of Aida. Opera Australia
“Warwick Fyfe made a dramatic entrance as the Ethiopian King, Amonsaro, disguised as a vanquished solider. He produced large, steady volume and aggressive acting, instantiating the formidable warrior King. He was totally believable in his confrontation with Aida as he cur
As Amonasro, King of Ethiopia and father of Aida. Opera Australia
“Warwick Fyfe made a dramatic entrance as the Ethiopian King, Amonsaro, disguised as a vanquished solider. He produced large, steady volume and aggressive acting, instantiating the formidable warrior King. He was totally believable in his confrontation with Aida as he curses his daughter and declares her a slave of the Pharaohs – then slightly recoils from his violence. This was a stern patriarch with some residual tender feelings.” Garrick Jones, 9/08/2018 , garjones.com.au
With my dear friend Deborah Humble
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