[Photo above: McIntosh as Nourabad in the New York City Opera production of Pearl Fishers]
Canadian bass-baritone Brian
McIntosh has earned international acclaim for his “powerful,
voluminous voice and imposing presence” (New York Newsday). A regular performer
with opera companies and festivals in North America and Europe, Mr. McIntosh
has enjoyed success as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Doctor
Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
Banquo in Macbeth, Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs des Perles and
Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola. For his performances of Kaspar in Der
Freischütz, he has been applauded as “a 'schwarzer' Bass of a special
class..." (Fränkische Nachrichten). Recent seasons have included
Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Vancouver Opera, Pistola in Falstaff
with Opera Lyra Ottawa, Glagolitic Mass with Singapore Symphony,
Alidoro in La Cenerentola with Calgary Opera, Lodovico in Otello
with Manitoba Opera and Opera Lyra Ottawa and Peneios in Daphne with
Pacific Opera Victoria. Since his debut in 2000 with New York City Opera, Mr.
McIntosh has performed with that company in Capriccio, Madama
Butterfly, Don Giovanni, Les Pêcheurs des Perles, Rigoletto,
La Boheme (including a live broadcast of La Boheme on PBS), La
Rondine, Carmen and La Traviata. He also recently
performed Luther/Crespel in Tales of
Hoffmann with Virginia Opera, Haly in Italiana
in Algeri with Vancouver Opera, Sacristan in Tosca with Calgary Opera, and Banquo in Macbeth with Opera de Montreal.
Other performances include the
King of Egypt in Aida with International Opera Festival (Skydome),
Bailli in Werther with Vancouver Opera, Don Magnifico in La
Cenerentola with Opera Lyra Ottawa, Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
with Vancouver Opera, Bonze in Madama Butterfly with Edmonton Opera,
Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Grand Rapids Opera and the title role in
The Mikado with Calgary Opera. Mr. McIntosh was featured as Plutone in
Orfeo with Helsinki Festival, Antinoo in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse
with Bad Hersfeld Festival, Germany and Krushina in The Bartered Bride
with Kiel Opera and Essen Stadt Theater. He has performed in Königskinder,
Zar und Zimmerman and The Jacobin with the Schlossfestspiele
Zwingenberg, Germany, Die Fledermaus with Opera Lyra Ottawa, The
Rake’s Progress with Edmonton Opera and Salome with Canadian
Opera Company, Pittsburgh Opera and Arizona Opera.
Concert engagements include
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at Avery Fisher Hall, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse
and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Riverside Choral Society New York,
Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass with Seattle Symphony and Vancouver
Symphony, Opera Gala of Opera de Montreal, Heiligmesse
with Riverside Choral Society (Manhattan), Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion
with Deutsche Bach Solisten, as well as performances of Verdi’s Requiem,
St. John’s Passion, Mozart’s Requiem and Brahms’ Four
Serious Songs.
Brian McIntosh was Associate
Professor (1999-2005) at Rutgers University (where he received tenure), and Asst.
Professor (1991-1999) at the University of Western Ontario. He directed opera
productions at both institutions. In Dec. 2003, he was a guest Professor of
Voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Köln, Germany. In July 2008, Prof.
McIntosh joined the Department of Music at the University of Alberta, as an
Associate Professor teaching voice and running the opera program. Prof.
McIntosh joined the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2012.
