Hailed by Opera News as an “excellent and exciting bass-baritone,” Peter Morgan has quickly developed a reputation as a dynamic performer on the stage of national and international arts organizations. Known for his versatility—in addition to the classic operatic canon—Mr. Morgan has made a name for himself as an interpreter of new music with several regional and world premieres to his name, including Jason and the Argonauts by Gregory Spears with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Songbird by James Lowe and Kelly Rourke with The Glimmerglass Festival, the recent landmark production of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles with L’Opéra Royal de Versailles (streaming on Medici TV), and the world premiere film of The Copper Queen by Clint Borzoni and John de los Santos with Arizona Opera, which was nominated for Best Digital Opera in the International Opera Awards.
Recent season highlights included Max in The Sound of Music with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Opera Tampa, Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Druid City Opera, and a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago to reprise the role he created in Jason and the Argonauts. That season also saw an exciting and successful series of forays into Wagnerian repertoire, including Alberich in The Journey to Valhalla with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and in The Legend of the Ring with West Edge Opera.