Warwick Fyfe
Warwick Fyfe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 September 1969 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Occupation | Operatic baritone |
| Spouse | Ruth Frances Fyfe |
| Awards | Helpmann Award 2014 for Best Supporting Actor |
| Website | warwickfyfe |
Warwick Olney Fyfe (born 27 September 1969) is an Australian operatic heldenbaritone.[1] He is known for his performance in the Wagnerian repertoire.[2] In 2015, Fyfe was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study Wagnerian vocal technique with coaches in Germany, US and UK.[3][4]
Education and early career
Born in Canberra, Fyfe attended Narrabundah College and the Canberra School of Music (ANU) between 1986 and 1987.[5] Fyfe is an alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University) Opera Studio and a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts.[6] Subsequently, he was a member of the Victoria State Opera (VSO, 1995), and Opera Australia (OA, 1998) Young Artist Programs.[7]
On graduating, Fyfe's first professional work was with the Victoria State Opera Schools Company in 1992.[8] Following that, he was a principal and senior principal member of the Opera Australia ensemble for many years, performing regularly at the Sydney Opera House, and the Melbourne Arts Centre.[9]
Career
Internationally, he has worked with New Zealand Opera, English Touring Opera,[10] Welsh National Opera[9] and Finnish National Opera.[11][12] Fyfe has also performed in Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and China.[13]
Warwick has performed Hans Sachs (for Melbourne 2025), Scarpia (for Opera Australia 2024);[14] Alberich in Wagner's Ring cycle (in Brisbane 2023) for Opera Australia; Wotan in the Ring cycle (in Bendigo 2023) for Melbourne Opera Company, The Speaker in Gurre-Lieder (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 2024), Vodnik (The Water King),[15] in Rusalka, for West Australian Opera 2024 and Scarpia in Tosca for Opera Australia in Sydney.[14]
Concert work includes performances with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra,[16] the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,[17] Sydney Symphony Orchestra,[18] Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra,[19] West Australian Symphony Orchestra; the Auckland Philharmonia, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Music Makers(Singapore).[20]
Repertoire
Roles performed by Warwick Fyfe[13][19][21]
- Alberich – Das Rheingold / Siegfried / Götterdämmerung (Richard Wagner)
- Amonasro – Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Athanaël – Thaïs (Jules Massenet)
- Barone di Trombonok – Il viaggio a Reims (Gioachino Rossini)
- Dr. Bartolo – The Barber of Seville (Gioachino Rossini)
- The Dutchman – Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner)
- Falstaff – Falstaff (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Geronio – Il turco in Italia (Gioachino Rossini)
- Hans Sachs Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard Wagner)[22]
- Herald – Lohemgrin (Richard Wagner)
- Klingsor – Parsifal (Richard Wagner)[23]
- Mandryka – Arabella (Richard Strauss)
- Narrator – Gurre-Lieder (Arnold Schoenberg)
- Paolo – Simon Boccanegra (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Peter – Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
- Pizarro – Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Rigoletto – Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Sancho Panza – Don Quichotte (Jules Massenet)
- Scarpia – Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
- Dr Schön – Lulu (Alban Berg)
- Sixtus Beckmesser – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard Wagner)
- Water King – Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák)
- Wotan – Das Rheingold / Die Walküre / Siegfried (Richard Wagner)
Discography
- Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Australia (Opera Australia CD/DVD) EPC Distribution
- Prokofiev, The Love for Three Oranges, (Chandos CD)
- Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, (Opera Australia CD/DVD) EPC Distribution
Awards
- McDonald's Aria Sydney 1998[24]
- Bayreuth Scholarship 2007[25]
- Helpmann Award for Best Male in an Operatic Feature Role for his performance as Alberich in Opera Australia's 2013 bi-centenary cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen in Melbourne[26]
- Green Room Awards 2005 (Schaunard in La bohème, for Opera Australia)[27]
- 2023 (Heerrufer in Lohengrin[28]
- Winston Churchill Fellowship 2015[3]
References
- ^ Clements, Andrew. "Siegfried – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfe". Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Warwick Fyfe". Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia.
- ^ "A Wagnerian Tuba-player: An Interview with Warwick Fyfe – Context". doi:10.46580/cx11187. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Winston Churchill Trust Fellow Warwick Fyfe NSW 2015". Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Opera Australia Young Artist Program (Alumni)". Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia.
- ^ a b "WAO Spotlight with Warwick Fyfe". West Australian Opera. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fife". English Touring Opera. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfyfe performance details", encore.opera.fi
- ^ "Ylellisen värikäs Thaïs-ooppera hurmaa katsojansa – katso taltiointi Kansallisoopperan esityksestä" [The luxuriously colorful Thaïs opera charms its audience – watch a recording of the performance by the Finnish National Opera], Helsingin Sanomat, 14 February 2019 (in Finnish)
- ^ a b "Warwick Olney Fife". Operabase. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Tosca at Sydney Opera House tickets". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Rusalka at Sydney Opera House tickets". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "690th Tokyo Subscription Concerts". Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Carmina Burana (2023)". Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder (2023)". Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Warwick Fife". Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Die Walküre, (2020) Orchestra of the Music Makers". Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Parris, Simon (17 February 2025). "Melbourne Opera: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg review". simonparrismaninchair.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ McCallum, Peter (10 August 2017). "Parsifal review: Opera Australia's performance as close to ideal as possible". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Warwick Fyfe". Sydney Eisteddfod.
- ^ "In Conversation with Warwick Fyfe". The Arts House.
- ^ "Helpmann 2014 Awards: nominees and winners / opera and classical music". Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Green Room Awards Association 1984–2020 Nominees and recipients", p. 54 Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ "2023 Green Room Awards winners", 30 May 2023, australianstage.com.au