Warwick Fyfe

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Warwick Fyfe
Born(1969-09-27)27 September 1969
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
OccupationOperatic baritone
SpouseDr Ruth Frances Fyfe
Awards Helpmann Award 2014 for Best Supporting Actor
Website www.warwickfyfe.com

Warwick Olney Fyfe (born 27 September 1969, in Canberra) is an Australian operatic heldenbaritone. [1] Fyfe has performed operatic roles, including Wagnerian and comedic repertoire. [2] In 2015, Fyfe was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study Wagnerian vocal technique with coaches in Germany, US and UK. [3] [4]

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Education and early career

Fyfe went to Narrabundah College and the Canberra School of Music (ANU) between 1990 and 1993. [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] When graduating, he was a member of the Victoria State Opera, and the Opera Australia Young Artist Programs. [7]

On graduating, Fyfe's first professional work was with the Victorian State Opera Schools Company (VS0) in 1999. [8] On completion with the VSO, he was invited to join the State Opera Young Artist Program. Subsequently, he was a principal and senior principal of Opera Australia’s ensemble for many years performing regularly at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Arts Centre. [9]

Career

Internationally, he has worked with New Zealand Opera, English Touring Opera, [10] and Welsh National Opera. [11] Fyfe has also performed in Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and China. [12]

Concert work includes performances with the Japan Philharmonic, [13] the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, [14] Sydney Symphony Orchestra, [15] Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, [16] Western 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). [17]

Most recently he has performed the roles of Scarpia (for Opera Australia 2024); [18] Alberich in Wagner’s Ring Cycle (in Brisbane 2023) for Opera Australia; Wotan in The Ring Cycle (in Bendigo 2023) for Melbourne Opera Company, and The Speaker in Gurrelieder (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 2024). Forthcoming roles include Vodnik (The Water King), [19] in Rusalka, for West Australian Opera 2024; Scarpia in Tosca for Opera Australia in Sydney. [18]

Repertoire

Roles performed by Warwick Fyfe [20] [21] [22]

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Clements, A. (2013), Siegfried – review, The Guardian" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Bravo, Studio. "Warwick Fyfe". Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Warwick Fyfe - Churchill Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia .
  5. ↑ "A Wagnerian Tuba-player: An Interview with Warwick Fyfe – Context". doi:10.46580/cx11187 . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Winston Churchill Trust Fellow Warwick Fyfe NSW 2015" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Opera Australia Young Artist Program (Alumni)" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia .
  9. ↑ "West Australian Opera - WAO Spotlight with Warwick Fyfe". West Australian Opera. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Warwick Fife, English Touring Opera" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "WAO Spotlight with Warwick Fyfe, West Australian Opera" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Warwick Olney Fife, Opera Base" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "690th TOKYO Subscription Concerts". Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "Carmina Burana (2023), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder (2023), Sydney Symphony Orchestra" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "Warwick Fife, Queensland Symphony Orchestra" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  17. ↑ "Die Walkure, (2020) Orchestra of the Music Makers" . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Tosca at Sydney Opera House tickets". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Rusalka at Sydney Opera House tickets". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  20. ↑ "Warwick Olney Fyfe, Bass-baritone - Biography, Performances, Videos and Repertoire on Operabase". Operabase. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Warwick Fyfe". Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "Warwick Fyfe". Opera Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  23. ↑ Parris, Simon (17 February 2025). "Melbourne Opera: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg review". Man in Chair. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  24. ↑ McCallum, Peter (10 August 2017). "Parsifal review: Opera Australia's performance as close to ideal as possible". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  25. ↑ "Helpmann 2014 Awards: nominees and winners / opera and classical music". Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  26. ↑ "In Conversation with Warwick Fyfe". The Arts House.
  27. ↑ "Warwick Fyfe". Sydney Eisteddfod .
  28. ↑ Room Awards Association 1984-2020 Nominees and recipients, accessed 12 March 2025
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