Tim Morgan, countertenor
Opera - Concert - Recital
“Tim Morgan was extraordinary in both of his big arias […] Morgan’s honey-sweet tone and an amazingly well-controlled pianissimo brought an overwhelming peace.” Handel, Israel in Egypt, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Bachtrack
“In the leading role, Tim Morgan showcases a wonderfully agile and expressive countertenor” Handel, Amadigi di Gaula, English Touring Opera, British Theatre Guide
“Tim Morgan followed with Pelham Humfrey’s solemn Hymn to God the Father, sung with immaculate diction, honeyed tone and confident phrasing” Recital at the Saville Club, MusicOMH
A member of the tenth edition of Les Arts Florissants’ Jardin des Voix, Tim is a Samling artist and was a finalist in the 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. In 2023 he was honoured to sing at the coronation of King Charles III with The Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Tim’s recent opera and stage highlights include; Britten’s Death in Venice (Voice of Apollo) in his debut with Welsh National Opera, Handel’s Partenope (Armindo) with Les Arts Florissants, the title roles in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, Giulio Cesare, and Agrippina (Ottone) with English Touring Opera, Samuel Adams’s play Gabriel with The English Concert and Alison Balsom, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) Nevill Holt Opera, and Blaze of Glory (cover Bryn Bevan) for WNO.
On the concert stage, Tim has appeared as a soloist in a film of madrigals by Monteverdi, and in a programme of Schütz and Schein with The Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Messiah with The English Chamber Orchestra and Nicholas Kraemer, and with Ensemble Polyharmonique at the Händel-festspiele Halle, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Stephen Layton/Polyphony, Handel’s Dixit Dominus with La Nuova Musica, Purcell’s King Arthur with Vox Luminis, and duet recitals with Michael Chance MBE.
Alongside his work in Classical music, his other projects include the singing on the soundtrack of a film ‘Saltburn’ (Dir. Emerald Fennell), collaborating with multimedia artist Young-Jun Tak in his work ‘Wohin?’, and recording for PJ Harvey’s 2023 album ‘I Inside the Old Year Dying’.
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
A recital of Britten’s Canticles with Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake at Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Bach’s Magnificat in Le Concert d’Astrée with Emmanuelle Haïm and The Los Angeles Philharmonic
Bach’s St John Passion with The Hanover Band, directed by Andrew Arthur
Francesco Conti’s La Colpa Originale (Adamo) directed by Dorothee Oberlinger at Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden and Güldener Herbst festival
Handel’s Partenope (Cover Arsace) at English National Opera.