MatthewDurkan
Press
BIZET, Caremen
Longborough Festival OperaJul 2022Durkan's was the best-acted performance among the leads, creating a relaxed and charming athlete for whom anyone would trade in poor, damaged Don Jose.
- Opera Now Magazine
- 01 August 2022
MOZART, Don Giovanni
Diva OperaAug 2021The title role is played by Matthew Durkan , whose baritone is robust to say the least and emitted with sonority and assurance over a beautiful width of range, with a clear and incisive tone. Efficient and convincing in the incarnation of a young inveterate seducer to whom nothing and nobody can resist, not even morality, the British singer is also illustrated by a song varied in nuances, and by a finely chiseled diction which earned him cross without significant hindrance the articulation obstacles erected by the “Fin ch'han dal vino” .
- Olyrix
- 12 August 2021
DONIZETTI, L'elisir d'amore
Glyndebourne on TourOct 2019The quest for love is brought about quicker after the arrival of Sergeant Belcore – played by the talented Matthew Durkan... The Glyndebourne cast hit the perfect mix of high standard voices, acting and performance perfection, comic timing and character looks.
- What's Good To Do
- 13 November 2019
Matthew Durkan has the ideal physique for the swaggering Belcore, tall and burly, and he makes the most of it, inserting himself forcefully into the action and presenting an excellent contract to Nemorino
- Bachtrack
- 15 October 2019
Matthew Durkan is brilliantly pompous and self confident, handsome and bold and every inch the arrogant suitor.
- The Latest Brighton
- 14 October 2019
BRITTEN, A Midsummer Night's Dream
L'Opera de MontpellierMay 2019Un autre ensemble vocal équilibré est formé par le quatuor des amants. Les personnages de commedia dell’arte relèvent une écriture intense en drame. La tension est quasiment omniprésente entre les deux couples : Helena de Marie-Adeline Henry par son ample voix de poitrine en colère contre le volumineux baryton Demetrius (Matthew Durkan) et le ténor étoffé de Lysander (Thomas Atkins) en uniformes de soldats, soudainement épris d’elle
- Atelier de Tourcoing Lyrique
- 10 May 2019
Lysander (prise de rôle de Thomas Atkins) possède un art fourni de la gravure sonore et exaltée, et Demetrius (Matthew Durkan) projette par sa voix et sa présence scénique la bonhomie du personnage.
- Opera Online
- 08 May 2019