'Baritone Darwin Prakash stands out for his vivid characterisation of Marcello: he is both musically vigorous and an alert presence on stage'
Opera Today
A prominent Indian Baritone known for his rich, beautiful and robust voice, warm timbre and compelling stage presence.
Darwin Prakash is the recipient of the Queen's Commendation for Excellence Award at Royal Academy of Music and the Gus Christie Award at Glyndebourne Opera. He was recently elected as the Associate of Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his contribution to Western Classical Music and Opera and also is the past winner of National Mozart Competition in the UK.
He has recently completed successful runs at ENO as Guglielmo in Phelim McDermott's production of Cosi fan tutte and at Glyndebourne Opera as Schaunard in Floris Visser's production of Puccini's La boheme, marking his Role and House debut in both the major British opera houses. He was the Principal baritone at Staatsoper Hannover until 2025, where he made a string of important role debuts such as Figaro in il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in La Boheme, Papageno in Die Zauberflote, Conte Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro and premiered the roles of Chou Enlai in Nixon in China and Silvio in I Pagliacci. He has also performed at Longborough Festival Opera, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Royal Opera House Mumbai, London Handel Festival, Waterperry Opera Festival and Opera Holland Park.
He now looks forward to making his Austrian debut as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte at Stadttheater Klagenfurt in October 2026, after which he returns to ENO to sing Baron in Verdi's La Traviata in February 2027 and will soon be making his American debut at Huston Grand Opera.
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Mozart's Cosi fan tutte - at Stadttheater Klagenfurt
“Darwin Prakash as Schaunard was most animated, delivering an engaging ‘La Banca di Francia’ in a splendidly rich and warm baritone. He positively lit up the stage with his antics throughout and has great charisma.”
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