The Irish-American Brian Mulligan is in high demand worldwide as a dramatic baritone, performing with many of the world’s finest opera houses and orchestras. Recent seasons have featured him in important leading roles of both Italian and German repertoire. In the 2024 / 25 season, he made his role débuts as Alberich (Das Rheingold) in a new production at Opera national de Paris under Pablo Heras-Casado and as Wanderer (Siegfried) with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. At Lyric Opera of Chicago he sang Don Pizarro (Fidelio). He also sang the Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) in concert performances at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, under Jaap van Sweden, a role that he will repeat with the Philharmonie Luxembourg in Luxembourg and Brussels. With the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin he will sing Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), and he will also return to Teatro San Carlo di Napoli as Jochanaan (Salome) under the conductor Dan Ettinger. He performs regularly at The Metropolitan Opera, New York, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, and the opera houses of Amsterdam, Toulouse, Frankfurt, and Zurich, as well as at major festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (now the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival), in Japan, and the Aspen Music Festival. His critically acclaimed début album includes two song cycles by Dominick Argento. His second album, Old Fashioned, consisting of American and British songs of the early twentieth century, was released in 2019. Early 2022 saw the release of his third solo record, titled Alburnum, presenting songs and cycles from the twenty-first century. Brian Mulligan participates in a performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, available on DVD.