Kanen Breen

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Kanen Breen is an Australian operatic tenor.

Breen first performed with the Victoria State Opera, before roles with Opera Australia and Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann's Broadway production of La bohème.[1]

He performed with his close friend Jacqueline Dark, with whom he shares a son, in the cabaret Strange Bedfellows at the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.[2][3]

He has received the Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera three times, for Opera Australia's Partenope in 2011, for Saul at the Adelaide Festival in 2017 and for Pinchgut Opera's L'incoronazione di Poppea in 2018.[4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zwartz, Barney (26 February 2016). "Kanen Breen: The accidental opera star". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Tim (23 June 2017). "Strange Bedfellows – Bedlam". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ Lacey, Stephen (22 June 2013). "Two of us: Jacqui Dark and Kanen Breen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ^ McDonald, Patrick (1 August 2011). "SA star wins top Helpmann Award". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ^ Harmon, Steph (24 July 2017). "Helpmanns 2017: The Drover's Wife and Adelaide festival claim Australian theatre awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ Jefferson, Dee (16 July 2018). "Sydney Theatre Company the biggest winner at this year's Helpmann Awards". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2018.