Conal Coad
Conal Coad is an opera singer known for his dramatic interpretations of the bass repertoire. He was born in Feilding,New Zealand and resides in Australia (Gold Coast, Queensland) and Belgium (Mechelen).
Career
Conal Coad has performed in many major cities and opera houses around the world including:
- United Kingdom: Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Opera North, Garsington Opera, UK
- France: Paris, Montpellier, Le Mans, Bordeaux, St Etienne, Nantes, Strasbourg
- Italy: Venice, Naples, Bologna
- Portugal: Lisbon
- Spain: Madrid
- Belgium: La Monnaie Brussels, Vlaams Opera Antwerp, Gent Opera, Opera Royale de Wallonie Liege
- Switzerland: Geneva
- Germany: Hamburgische Staatsoper
- Australia: Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne, West Australian Opera, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Tasmania
- New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington and most major centres
- United States: Washington National Opera, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
- Israel
He has worked with major world operatic conductors including Richard Bonynge, Simone Young, Richard Hickox, Jeffrey Tate, Ricardo Abbado, Julia Jones, Wyn Davies, Dobbs Franks and Zubin Mehta. As a director he directed Don Pasquale for NBR Opera New Zealand in 2006.
Operas
Conal has performed in Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, Il Seraglio, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Don Carlo, Falstaff, I Vespri Siciliani, Aida, Rigoletto, Billy Budd, Peter Grimes, Rape of Lucretia, A Midsummernights Dream, Let's Make an Opera, Albert Herring, La Damnation de Faust, Fidelio, The Barber of Seville, l'Heure Espagnol, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, L'Elisir d'Amore, L'Italiana in Algeri, Turco in Italia, Queen of Spades, Il Ritorni d'Ulysse, Norma, Katya Kabanova, Romeo et Juliette, Manon, Mignon, Manon Lescaut, Cendrillon, Fra Diavolo, Der Rosenkavalier, Lulu, Arabella, Ariadne auf Naxos, Capriccio, Lohengrin, Die Walkurie, Gianni Schicchi, Die Meistersinger, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance.
References
Who's Who in Queensland Australia
Opera Australia
http://www.opera-australia.org.au/scripts/nc.dll?OPRA:STANDARD:1001:pc=PC_90253
Prima la Musica, poi le parole http://primalamusica.typepad.com/primalamusica/2008/03/pilgrims-progre.html
'As Zdenka and Arabella's dreadful parents, Conal Coad and Milijana Nikolic take on the roles of Count and Countess Waldner. Conal Coad is renowned for his great character roles such as Don Pasquale, Leporello and Bartolo to name but a few.' Australian Stage
External links
- Conal Coad is currently represented by Musichall Ltd - biography - reviews - recordings - repertoire
Click Below for Pic of Conal Coad appearing at Holland Park Opera in Fidelio
