Morgan Pearse is one of the most exciting baritones of his generation.
He studied at the Royal College of Music where he won the Lies Askonas Prize and Gold Medal at the Royal Over Seas League Competition. He was a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and subsequently made his UK debut at ENO singing Figaro / Barber of Seville.
Recent and future opera highlights include Figaro / Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno / Die Zauberflöte and Araspe / Tolomeo (Staatstheater Karlsruhe), Sid / Albert Herring (Buxton Festival), Belcore / L’Elisir d’Amore, Figaro / Barbiere, Enrico / Lucia di Lammermoor and Mercutio / Roméo et Juliette (State Opera of South Australia), Enrico and Scarpia / Tosca (Opera Holland Park), Ned Keene / Peter Grimes (Auckland Philharmonia), Figaro / nozze (Opernhaus Zurich), baritone in Idalma (Innsbruck Festival of Early Music), La Serva Padrona with Pinchgut Opera, Papageno (Russian National Orchestra) as well as Achilla/Giulio Cesare on tour and in a recording with the English Concert.
Concert highlights include a solo recital at Wigmore Hall, concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, English Concert, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Academy of Ancient Music, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, King’s College Choir Cambridge, Bach with the Adelaide Symphony, Messiah with the Melbourne Symphony, RSNO, London Handel Festival and the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last updated: 28th March 2026
