DARCY CARROLL
DARCY CARROLL BASS-BARITONE
Darcy Carroll is an Australian Bass-Baritone living and working in Germany.
He is a member of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden ensemble for the 2023-2024 Spielzeit.
Darcy holds a Master of Music (Opera Performance) from the University of Melbourne. His recent performance repertoire includes Morales in Bizet’s Carmen, Dr Kolentaty in Janacek’s Vec Makropulos, Vicomte Cascada in Lehar’s Die Lustige Witwe, Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Hermann Ortel in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Polyphemus in Handel's Acis and Galatea, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and Donner in Wagner’s Das Rheingold.
Darcy is a former emerging artist and current associate artist with Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artist Program. Darcy was a finalist in the 2021 Herald Sun Aria competition, and is the recipient of the 2021 German-Australian Opera Grant.
"Starke Profile ohne theatralisches Außersichsein hatten die hervorragenden Rollenträger Aaron Cawley, Jirí Sulženko oder auch Darcy Carroll. Allesamt stimmlich hervorragend"
Bernhard Uske - Frankfurter Rundschau
"A consistently impressive emerging baritone, Darcy Carroll gives another compelling acting and vocal performance, here sporting curled goat horns as the callous giant Polyphemus"
Simon Parris - Man in Chair
"Darcy (was) imposing in voice and presence - (his) physical comedy flair and astute vocal expressivity were invaluable"
Paul Selar - Australian Arts Review
"Darcy Carroll, a Melbourne Opera Young Artist, was very impressive in his Wagnerian debut as Donner, especially considering the richness of his voice while being in his late twenties."
Aidan McGartland - Fever Pitch Magazine