Patrick Alexander Keefe, baritone

bass-baritone

A current Harewood Artist at English
National Opera and winner of
Glyndebourne’s John Christie Award,
British-Irish baritone Patrick Alexander
Keefe is becoming known for his ”dark,
savoury voice and megawatt stage
presence” (The Spectator). Recent roles
include: Schaunard La Bohème, Marullo
Rigoletto, Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
Fiorello Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and the
Marchese d’Obigny La Traviata for
English National Opera, Figaro Il Barbiere
di Siviglia for Waterperry Opera, the title
role in Eugene Onegin for Brunswick Vocal
Arts, Il Conte d’Almaviva Le Nozze di
Figaro for the Glyndebourne Tour,
Notario Don Pasquale for the
Glyndebourne Festival, and Robert Dedo
Die schwarze Maske for the Polish
National Radio Symphony under Marin
Alsop for medici.tv.
Patrick studied at the University of
Oxford, where he obtained a BA and then
a Master’s with distinction in Music
Theory and Composition. He was a
member of The Choir of Merton College,
and commended by Gramophone
magazine for his ”intense baritone solo”
on their recording of Richard Allain’s
Choral Works. He then studied at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and
the Royal Academy of Music. He was the
recipient of First Prize in the 2021 Richard
Lewis/Jean Shanks Award, 2nd Prize in the
2021 Pavarotti Prize, and the Musician’s
Company’s Prudi Hoggarth Audience Prize
2023. He was a Jerwood Young Artist at
Glyndebourne 2022.

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