Described as a performer who “gives himself completely to the singing” (Unser Lübeck), French tenor Morgan Manifacier is establishing an international career as an interpreter of repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the newest of contemporary music. Recent engagements have included solo performances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Saint Hilda’s College at The University of Oxford, Lauderdale House in London, Kulturwerft Gollan with the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Conservatoire national supérieur d’Art dramatique in Paris, and Thayer Hall in Los Angeles.

The 2023/2024 season brings several exciting projects, starting with the performance of Ned Rorem’s Four Dialogues with soprano Kimberly Monzón and pianists Kathleen Kelly and Corinne Penner at Baylor University’s Roxy Grove Hall. Morgan will also give recitals in Hilton Head, NC, as part of the Performing Arts Consortium’s concert series, before joining Vincent Pham in a program for voice and organ at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Austin, TX.

On the operatic stage, Morgan has been heard in many leading roles including the title role of Pygmalion (Rameau), Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande, Chevalier de La Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Sultan Soliman in Zaide, Siavash in We, the Innumerable (Niloufar Nourbakhsh), Agenore in Il re pastore, Sorcerer in Dido and Æneas, Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus, and Borsa in Rigoletto.

His polished interpretations of diverse repertoire have brought him accolades from several competitions. He is a two-time winner of The American Prize in Voice (2021 & 2022) and a recipient of the Jere H. Brophy Scholar Award from the S. Livingston Mather Vocal Competition. Morgan also received the 2022 Duo Prize at the John Kerr Awards for English Song with his wife and collaborator, pianist Corinne Penner.

Morgan is a fellowship recipient from the Oxford Lieder Festival, the Franz-Schubert-Institut, SongFest at Colburn, the dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Young Artist Program, and Musiktheater Bavaria. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where he studied with Randall Scarlata and Jeremy Little. He has received several career grants from arts organizations in the United States, including the Performing Arts Consortium and the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust. A deeply committed educator, he currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.