Biraj Barkakaty

Biraj Barkakaty

Performance highlights include Oberon with the Aspen Music Festival, 3rd Israelite with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, the title role in the world premiere of Cavalli’s Xerse with Ensemble OrQuesta, and Kenny Stiller in the world premiere of Keeper’s of the Light at the Nahant Music Festival in Boston. Recent engagements include Cantata 12 with Bach Around the Clock in Virginia, Fidele in ‘Diary of a Madman’ with Seattle’s LowBrow Opera Collective, and the Open Gates Project C3: with the Gotham Early Music Scene in NYC in February.

Biraj was an Alto Lay Clerk at St.George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle for 4 years where he performed in many tours, recordings and royal events, including the wedding of HM Majesty King Charles III and The Queen Consort, and was a staff Alto at Washington National Cathedral from 2016-21. He also performed with the London based Siglo de Oro Vocal Ensemble at the Tager Alte Musik in Regensburg in 2021.Other recent projects include Adnan in the world premiere of A Silver Spoon at the Beaumaris Festival in Wales in July with Keynote Opera, Ottone in The Coronation of Poppea with Capitol Opera Richmond in July, The Messiah with the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys in NYC, and Christmas Concerts with The Breath Collective Ensemble in Cincinnati. He was a featured artist with Faces of Early Music America in February and is was a Young Artist on the joint opera mentorship/ observorship program with Glyndebourne and Pegasus Opera. Upcoming engagements include his musical theatre debut as Fakir in The Secret Garden with Theatre Lab Dayton next month, the role of Vasu in the opera Ganga at the National Opera Studio in London in June and the role of Cavalera in the UK premiere of Frida with the Norther Opera Group in Leeds in September.