Kanen Breen

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
  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.
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