Andrew Finden’s current and future engagements include ORONTE Médée Pinchgut Opera Australia, NIXON Nixon in China Theater Koblenz, MARCO Gianni Schicchi Musiktheater Essen, and ROCHEFORT Anna Bolena and FORESTER The Cunning Little Vixen Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
Important past engagements have included JOSEPH DE ROCHER, Dead Man Walking and OPPENHEIMER Doctor Atomic Theater Koblenz, OBERTHAL Le Prophète Deutsche Oper Berlin, MARCO Gianni Schicchi Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, MARCELLO La Bohème Opera Holland Park, GUGLIELMO Cosi fan tutte und MARQUIS DE LA FORCE Dialogues des Carmelites Theater Aachen as well as FIGARO Le Nozze di Figaro, RITTMEISTER in HK Gruber’s G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald and Maik in Tschick, a world premier by Ludger Vollmer Theater Hagen.
From 2011 to 2015 Andrew was a member of the ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where roles have included SCHAUNARD La Bohème, ORESTE in Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride, PAPAGENO Die Zauberflöte, IL CONTE Le nozze di Figaro, NED KEENE Peter Grimes, COUNT OSCAR in Offenbach’s Barbe-Bleu, and SCHTSCHELKALOW Boris Godunow. His performance of CLITO in the 2012 Händel-Festpiele Karlsruhe production of Alessandro is available as a live recording on the Pan Classics label.
Andrew was a member of the Opernstudio of Staatstheater Nürnberg, where roles included IL CONTE in Donizetti’s Emilia di Liverpool, DR FALKE Die Fledermaus, DON ALVARO Il viaggio a Reims, and MORALES Carmen. He also sang SCHAUNARD La Bohéme Longborough Festival Opera and MR BROOKE in Adamo’s Little Women International Vocal Arts Institute Israel under the guidance of the composer and
On the concert platform, Andrew made his Barbican debut as soloist in Alisdair Nicholson’s Two Sisters, A Rose, A Flood and Snow with the London Symphony Orchestra. He was a soloist in Handel’s Messiah for the London Handel Festival. Other concert appearances were with Royal Albert Hall, Glasgow, Strasbourg Philharmonique, New Israeli Opera and Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Richard Bonynge.
Andrew was born in Australia and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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News | Andrew Finden
News | Andrew Finden
"Andrew Finden’s Marcello was intelligent, thoughtful and impetuous."
Opera Today
"Andrew Finden verkörpert den Grafen Almaviva mit sonorem Timbre und kernigem Bariton, der sich immer wieder voluminös steigert."
Der neue Merker
"As so often, his best friend Marcello comes close to stealing the scene, and here Australian baritone Andrew Finden turns in a performance full of character and musicality."
CultureWhisper
"Andrew Finden’s vibrant, vigorous Marcello always maintained a certain suave elegance."
Opera
"Andrew Finden as Orente with excellent acting and vocals – we really felt for him"
Sydney Arts Guide
"Andrew Finden is most convincing as Oronte with attention to text emphasis and strong commitment to the character."
The Conversation
"Baritone Andrew Finden makes a strapping and persuasive Oronte"
Arts Review