Morgan-Andrew King
bass
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Morgan-Andrew King makes his debut at Oper Frankfurt this season singing Bourdon in a new production of Le Postillon de Lonjumeau. This is followed by the Ogre in a new production of Reimann's Melusine and Potap in the first revival of Tchaikovsky's The Sorceress. This Māori bass left the New Zealand School of Music to study with Jack LiVigni at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 2023. In 2021 he won 1st place at the Napier Coldicutt Aria Competition, 2nd place at Wellington Vocal Competition and theTe Awamutu Aria Finale. He joined the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival in Sicily for the 2022 season, where he sang Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Coline (La bohème) and Simone (Gianni Schicchi), before returning to New Zealand for Banco in Macbeth. He also sang Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Don Magnifico & Alidoro (La Cenerentola) and Marchesi & Dottore (La Traviata).