Michael Burden is a Sydney-based countertenor, who enjoys a varied career of operatic and concert performance. Operatic roles include Nireno in Julius Caesar for Pinchgut Opera, Rosencrantz (Cover) in Hamlet (Brett Dean) for Opera Australia, Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi), Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), Summer/Secrecy in Fairy Queen and Sorceress/Second Witch/The Spirit in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), Une Scythe in Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) and Hyacinthus in Apollo et Hyacinthus (Mozart).

A seasoned concert performer, Michael’s solo credits include Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus with Adelaide Baroque; Gloria with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, and the Vivaldi Vespers (Stabat Mater, Magnificat & Beatus Vir) with Brisbane Chamber Choir. Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, Messiah, Nisi Dominus, Didymus (Theodora) and Joad iAthalia.) Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Magnificat; Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, J.S. Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion, and numerous Bach cantatas.

Michael holds a Master of Music Studies (Opera Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, supported by the Donald Lionel Edgerton Scholarship, and completed with the guidance of Dr David Greco.