Northern Irish baritone, Ben McAteer is an alumnus of the National Opera Studio in London and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Before embarking on a musical career he studied Chemistry at the University of St Andrews.
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Iolanthe, English National Opera, 2018.
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Recent and future operatic highlights include Frank/Fritz Die Tote Stadt with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Eisenstein Die Fledermaus for Northern Ireland Opera, Astrologer/Abbot The Burning Fiery Furnace at Southrepps Music Festival, Hansel & Gretel at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Count Almaviva in Irish National Opera’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro, Marcello La Bohème for Lyric Opera Ireland, Calchas La Belle Hélène Blackheath Opera and Pangloss & Voltaire in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra and also for West Green Opera. While in residence at Scottish Opera, Ben created the role of James in the world première of The Devil Inside, for which he won Outstanding Performance in an Opera at the My Theatre Awards in Toronto.
Other notable roles include the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro with Scottish Opera, Marullo Rigoletto and Papageno The Magic Flute for Northern Ireland Opera, Falke Die Fledermaus and Goryanchikov From the House of the Dead for Welsh National Opera, Sharpless Madama Butterfly at Opera Holland Park, Des Grieux Le Portrait de Manon and Mr Webb in the European première of Ned Rorem's Our Town. An avid performer of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, Ben received critical acclaim as the Earl of Mountararat in English National Opera’s Iolanthe and Pish-Tush in The Mikado for Scottish Opera. He looks forward to playing The Grand Inquisitor The Gondoliers and King Paramount Utopia, Limited with Scottish Opera next year. He has also recently recorded the role of Jesus in Arthur Sullivan’s oratorio The Light of the World and Rupert Vernon in his operetta Haddon Hall, both with the BBC Concert Orchestra. |
His extensive concert repertoire includes Handel Messiah and Samson, Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Bach St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B Minor, Elgar The Apostles and The Kingdom, Mealor Crucifixus, Adams The Wound-Dresser, Stravinsky Pulcinella and Requiem masses by Brahms‚ Duruflé‚ Fauré and Mozart. Other concert performances include the world première of Turnage’s At Sixes & Sevens with the LSO, Carmina Burana at the Barbican, and performances of Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Copland's Old American Songs with the Ulster Orchestra.
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