Belfast-born baritone Malachy Frame was a Rising Star of the Enlightenment with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for 2023-25, and was Northern Ireland Opera’s ‘Voice of 2016,’ having won the competition at the company’s annual Festival of Voice.
Recent operatic roles have included Dandini in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Figaro and Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Marcello and Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème.
Also, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, March Hare/White Knight in Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Slook in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Leporello and Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
As a concert soloist, recent performances have included a Wigmore Hall debut singing Bach with the Gabrieli Consort, three performances at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival in Hereford Cathedral, Xiaogang Ye’s The Song of the Earth with Haydnorchester von Bozen und Trient in Toblach, Purcell’s King Arthur in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Bach’s St John Passion at the Barbican, Bach’s Easter Oratorio in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Also, Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation Britten’s War Requiem, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Mass in B minor, Magnificat, and St Matthew Passion, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Handel’s Saul, Messiah, Theodora, and Alexander’s Feast, Vaughan-Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.
Highlights of the next few months include more Bach at the Wigmore Hall, a debut at English National Opera in Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Britten Sinfonia, and Bach’s St John Passion with the Monteverdi Choir. For the 2025-26 season, Malachy is also guest artistic director of early music ensemble Sestina.
