TIMOTHY MADDEN
Bass-baritone
Engagements
The Pirates of Penzance: Opera Saratoga
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Summer of 2020
In his company debut, Timothy sings Samuel in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.
I vespri siciliani: New Amsterdam Opera
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
May 9, 2020
Albert Herring: University of Missouri-Kansas City
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
March 19-22, 2020
Timothy joins the University of Missouri-Kansas City opera program as a guest artist, singing Superintendent Budd in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring.
Forever Plaid: Musical Theatre Heritage
February 6 – 23, 2020
Timothy Madden sings Smudge in Forever Plaid with Musical Theatre Heritage.
Photo by Larry Levenson
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Hawai'i Performing Arts Festival
July, 2019
Timothy joins the Hawai'i Performing Arts Festival as Nick Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Trial by Jury: Landlocked Opera
May, 2019
Timothy serves as music and stage director for Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury as part of Landlocked Opera's inaugural season.
Tickets: Landlocked Opera
Don Giovanni: Opera Steamboat
August, 2018
Timothy returns to Opera Steamboat as the hapless Masetto in Don Giovanni.
Tickets: https://operasteamboat.org/
Stars of Tomorrow: Des Moines Metro Opera
July 11th, 2018
Discover opera's rising stars at one unforgettable concert! Chosen from over 1,000 applicants and live auditions in New York, Chicago, Houston, Cincinnati and Des Moines, the 40 members of our Apprentice Artist Program take the stage for one-night only to perform opera's greatest duets, trios and ensembles alongside our acclaimed Festival Orchestra. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students.
Tickets: Stars of Tomorrow
The Tender Land: Des Moines Metro Opera
July 5th and July 8th, 2018
The DMMO apprentice artists present performances of Copland's american classic The Tender Land with Timothy covering Grandpa Moss.
Tickets: The Tender Land
Die Fledermaus: Des Moines Metro Opera
June 23rd, 24th, 29th, July 7th, 12th, and 15th, 2018
DMMO opens its 2018 season with Strauss II's Die Fledermaus. Timothy will perform as a member of the chorus.
Tickets: Die Fledermaus
Rusalka: Des Moines Metro Opera
June 22nd, July 1st, 3rd, 6th and 14th, 2018
Timothy joins his fellow apprentice artists in the chorus for performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka.
Tickets: Rusalka
Death by Aria: Des Moines Metro Opera
May 26, 2018
The 40 aspiring singers selected as 2018 Apprentice Artists open the season in the theatre lobby with their signature aria. Come early, leave if you must, but enjoy all (or a portion of) the evening's music during this popular event!
Event Details: Death by Aria
The Barber of Seville: Opera Iowa
Spring of 2018
Timothy sings Doctor Bartolo in an English language version of Rossini's classic The Barber of Seville.
Jack and the Beanstalk: Opera Iowa
Spring of 2018
The company of Opera Iowa tours schools across the state with Timothy as the Trouble Man and Narrator.
Reviews
Smudge in Stuart Ross' Forever Plaid with Musical Theatre Heritage
"The MTH production of FOREVER PLAID features four local performers who would not be outclassed anywhere you might catch this show... Not only can these guys sing, they are super comedians and pretty good dancers."
"This cast does a great job of carrying through on the jokes. They have managed expertly to create four distinct personalities."
Alan Portner, Broadway World- Kansas City, February 9, 2020
Nick Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hawaii Performing Arts Festival
"Timothy Madden as Bottom is manic, and maniacally funny. As he sings with his head changed into a donkey’s, his voice seems to break involuntarily into a bray as he kicks up his heels. His impressive physical comedy skills performed while singing in a rich bass/baritone made him an audience favorite."
Meizhu Lui, July 15, 2019,
Simone in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi with ARE Opera
"Timothy Madden's deeply resonant bass-baritone was just right for the role of Simone, the eldest and the wisest among the family."
Meche Kroop, Voce di Meche, November 2017
Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore with Theater at Monmouth
"Madden’s Despard vamps in classic evil style, with long, pale, spindly fingers and diabolical laughter, as he schemes 'to live a blameless life! Muahahah!'"
Megan Grumbling, The Portland Pheonix, September 2015
"Timothy Madden makes Sir Despard Murgatroyd's transformation from classic horror movie villain to respectable husband believable without overdoing and evidences a fine baritone."
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, Talkin' Broadway, September 2015
"This is Madden’s TAM debut, and it’s an excellent comic performance."
David A. Sargent, Sun Journal, September 2015
Nick Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Chicago Summer Opera
"Bass-baritone Timothy Madden essayed a terrific Bottom, both vocally and theatrically, and obtained the largest laughs of the evening by playing Bottom’s transformation into an ass for truth, rather than parody."
Aaron Hunt, Newcity Stage, July 2015
"No production of Midsummer would be complete without a great Bottom, and Timothy Madden offers an endlessly fun, full- voiced, totally physicalized portrayal. His work anchors the strong work done by the motley crew of artisans as they struggle to create a production of Pyramus and Thisbe."
Julie S. Halpern, Chicago Stage Standard, July 2015
Bass soloist in Bach's G minor Mass with AGO Schola Cantorum and KC Baroque Consortium
"Timothy Madden sang the baritone solo, Gratias agimus tibi, with a devotional command of the room."
"He was clear, moved through timbres without notice, and maneuvered through Bach's florid lines as if he were taking a stroll."
Floyd E. Gingrich, KC Metropolis, May 2014
