The Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program
Alumni Update

Since attending LGNOP Lee has performed with most major Australian companies including Melbourne Opera, Opera Queensland, Victorian Opera, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Omega Ensemble, and performances internationally in England, Scotland, Japan and China.

Sung over 35 principal roles including Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Senta in The Flying Dutchman, Die Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, and Mimi in La Bohéme.

Her performances of Isolde with Melbourne Opera won the Opera Chaser award for most outstanding female in a lead role.

This year Lee will sing her first Brünnhilde in Siegfried, alongside tenor Bradley Daley and Anthony Negus conducting, at the Melbourne Recital Centre in September.

Follow Lee at www.leeabrahmsen.com

Selected to join the Young Artist Program with Victorian Opera in 2014 performing leading and supporting roles.

In 2016, Kate performed the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon, covered soprano Emma Mathews as Orlando/Selena in premiere baroque pastiche opera; Voyage to the Moon and study-covered the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Victorian Opera.

Guest soloist in the NYE Concerts (Sydney Opera House & Hamer Hall Melbourne), with the Australian Pops Orchestra.

Recent engagements include: Melbourne Male Welsh Choir Concert as guest artist alongside Teddy Tahu Rhodes at the Melbourne Recital Centre, The Cat and Queen of Hearts/Mary Contrary/The Spider in ‘By The Light of the Moon’ with OA Vic Schools Company (2018).

In 2019, Kate made her Principal Artist main-stage debut with Opera Australia as Arkie Whiteley in Whiteley and sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro.

Follow Kate at www.facebook.com/kateamos21

Sung Antonio with New Zealand Opera in their 2021 production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Sung Masetto in his company debut with Wellington Opera in their 2021 production of Don Giovanni.

Will sing in New Zealand Opera’s postponed production of The Unruly Tourists, with new dates to be announced.

Follow Joel at www.nzopera.com/profile/joel-amosa-2

In 2018, performed the role of Ginevra in the Apollo Opera Collective’s production of Ariodante in conjunction with the Sydney Baroque Music Festival.

In 2019, made her New Zealand debut performing Britten’s Les Illuminations with Napier Civic Choir and Hawkes Bay Orchestra.

A featured artist with numerous ensembles including Central Coast Philharmonic, Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, Box Hill Choral and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic.

Follow Sarah at www.sarahampil.com

Working in the opera studio at Opéra National du Rhin since September 2020.

While there performed multiple roles in Death in Venice, Samson and Delilah and lead roles in Cenerentola, Friederike (Lehar) and the world premiere of Les Reveurs de la Lune (Howard Moody).

From July, Damian will base himself in Strasbourg where he will sing the lead role in Candide next season. 

Follow Damian at www.damianarnoldtenor.wordpress.com

Soprano Amanda Atlas has sung overseas for over ten years.

Now based back in New Zealand and despite Covid is singing with Christchurch City Choir.

Her recent repertoire includes Elle in The Human Voice an opera based the work by Jean Cocteau.

Follow Amanda at www.amandaatlas.com

Graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where she completed a Master of Music Performance.

Holds a Graduate Certificate in Music, a Bachelor of Arts and an A. Mus A. and is trained in Early Childhood Music (Piano).

Was a finalist in the National Aria Competition and the McDonalds Aria, and semi-finalist in the Sun Aria.

Lucy Bailes continues to run Miss Lucy Bailes Music Studio in Brisbane which she founded in 2012.

Follow Lucy at www.lucybailes.mymusicstaff.com

A regular performer with West Australian Opera Company chorus.

Sung as a lay clerk and soloist with St George's Cathedral Consort and Christ Church Claremont.

Solo work at the Perth Concert Hall, performed as a soloist in recital, oratorio, and art song with all the major companies in WA.

Regularly performs as an actor and singer with a Murder Mystery company at His Majesty's Theatre and teaches cello and voice for the education department of WA.

Follow Alexandra at http://au.linkedin.com/in/alexandrabak

2019 First Prize , Handel Aria Competition.

Semi-Finalist in the 2021 Normandy International Baroque Competition; Rouen, France.

Currently performing full time as a soprano with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus who are now under the new music director Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Touring as Pamina/First Lady in the San Francisco Opera Guild's production of The Magic Flute.

Will be appearing in West Bay Opera's production of La Traviata in 2022.

One of five finalists in the Grand Rapids Bach Festival's Linn Maxwell Keller Distinguished Bach Musician Award (The Keller Award) 2022.

Follow Morgan at www.morganbalfour.com.au

In 2019, he completed his time as a young artist at The National Opera Studio (NOS) in London where performances included scenes as Peter Grimes in Peter Grimes, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Scottish Opera and the English National Opera Orchestra, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Welsh National Opera, Albert in Albert Herring, Harry King Anthropocene at NOS and in the original show Last Days with Opera North.

Italo-Australian tenor Robert Barbaro’s recent projects include a French Tour in Eric Levi’s Era – The Live Experience, a West End double-bill production playing the roles of Cavaradossi and Rodolfo in Tosca and La Bohème respectively for King’s Head Theatre at Trafalgar Studios in London, and an opera gala concert in Kaliningrad, Russia.

One of Robert's new projects in the UK includes 'The Italian Songbook - a Cultural Landscape'. This concert series devised and directed by Sir Antonio Pappano will explore Italian and Neapolitan songs from the 20th Century.

Follow Robert at www.robertbarbaro.com

In 2021 made his debut with Victorian Opera in the coproduction with Short Black Opera in a world premiere of Parrwang Lifts the Sky singing the role of Bunjil.

In 2022, West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents a Covid delayed concert of Deborah Cheetham’s Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace where Don will feature alongside Deborah and Linda Barcan as a soloist. 

Now a lead Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts Engagement at artsACT and sits on the First Nations Advisory Group to the Australian Performing Arts Market. 

2017 saw Eliza as a Dame Malvina Major Scholar with New Zealand Opera, performing in their productions of The Mikado ensemble, Pitti-sing cover, Don Pasquale Norina, schools tour production and Carmen chorus, Micaëla cover.

Eliza moved to Manchester, England to study a Master of Music in Performance (Intensive) with soprano Mary Plazas at the Royal Northern College of Music. She then continued her study at the RNCM during 2018/19 on the college's elite International Artist Diploma.

In 2019/20, Eliza trained at the National Opera Studio in London. While there she performed operatic scenes in collaboration with Welsh National Opera and Opera North.

In September 2020, Eliza began working for the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, taking part in their Opera Studio training programme and performing supporting roles on the mainstage.

Follow Eliza at www.elizaboom.com

Currently employed in the Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus.

This season he has performed in 16 different productions and still has another 9 shows to learn.

Works with fellow LGNOP Alumni Rachel Pines and QCGU Graduate Ellie Welsh presenting ‘Project Lieder’, producing and performing online concerts using multi-media for a unique, accessible music experience: www.projectlieder.com

Follow Oliver at: www.facebook.com/oliverboydbaritone

Won the German Australian Opera Grant in 2019 and completed a year’s work with Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. She made role debuts there as Mercédès, Carmen, Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte, Annina, Der Rosenkavalier, Rosette, Manon, Melissa and News Reporter, Anna Nicole.

Engaged again by Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden for their 2020/2021 season. She debuted the roles: Sonjetka, Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel, Wellgunde and Rossweiße, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Flora Bervoix, La Traviata; La Ciesca and La Badessa, Il Trittico, Suzuki, Madama Butterfly.

First Prize winner of the 2021 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award and Foundation Bel Canto award.

Fleuranne continues her contract with Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in 2022.

Currently Assistant Conductor on a production of Midsummer Night's Dream at Opera Zuid in Maastricht, Netherlands. 

Left Perth in 2015 for New York City to study Orchestral Conducting and Collaborative Piano at Mannes. While there played numerous productions in NYC and Miami Music Festival.

In 2018 he was accepted into the Fabbrica Young Artists Program at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Then studied at the Young Artist Program, Dutch National Opera Studio in Amsterdam.

Conducted Bernstein’s Candide at the Lithuanian National Opera just before COVID.

Assistant Conductor on a few productions at Dutch National Opera this season and also conducted - Neo Muyanga’s world premiere How Anansi Freed the Stories of the World, a Dutch-Surinamese-West African story that fused opera, hip-hop, ballet, breakdancing, electronics and other cross-genre elements.

Follow Lochlan at www.lochlanjbrown.com

Currently a member of music staff at Opera Australia and conducts regularly for Victorian Opera.

For Victorian Opera, he has conducted Hansel and Gretel, Alice Through the Opera Glass and three world premiere operas.

Simon’s opera Cassandra premiered in March 2021. An original work written with acclaimed writer and director Constantine Costi, it was Simon’s second opera commissioned by Victorian Opera. Simon conducted the world premier.

Simon’s arrangement of Hansel and Gretel, commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, was performed in 2021 in Chicago. The arrangement featured three separate chamber orchestras across three performance spaces outdoors.

Bruckard’s youth opera The Selfish Giant (based on the short story by Oscar Wilde) premiered to a sold-out audience as part of Victorian Opera’s 2019 season and is currently being performed by Victorian Opera as a part of their 2022 Season.

Follow Simon at www.simonbruckard.com

Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide Staff: German diction for singers, Italian diction for singers (2016 - present)

State Opera of South Australia:

Répétiteur - The Confident Conductor (conductor training course) 2020

Répétiteur - Madama Butterfly 2019

Répétiteur and ensemble pianist- Christina’s World (Edwards) 2019

Répétiteur - Pop-Up Opera 2019

Pianist - Le Salon (Adelaide French Festival) 2019

Répétiteur - The Merry Widow 2018

PhD (with Dean’s Commendation for thesis excellence) completed 2019
Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide
Subject: International best practice in the teaching of lyric diction to conservatorium level singers. 

Follow Penelope at www.penelopecashman.com

Appearing as Phemie, an added character from the original novel of La Boheme staged by Freeze Frame Opera.

Will perform the role of Wowkle with Freeze Frame Opera in their August 2022 production of La Fanciulla del West.

Will be appearing in the ensemble in Iolanta with West Australian Opera in 2022.

In 2020 and 2021 worked on the schools' tour of The Barber of Seville with Opera Australia.

Follow Caitlin at www.caitlincassidymezzo.com

For the last two years Benjamin has continued his work within the Australian Opera Chorus appearing in numerous productions such as Turandot, Otello and La Juive.

Sings weddings, funerals and regular services in St Mary's Cathedral Choir.

In 2021 was in the premiere of the new opera Chop Chef, a satiric homage to Master Chef, where he played a contestant.

Past year has been one of Opera Australia’s Young Artists.

Covered leading roles in two major productions for OA; Verdi’s Aïda and Puccini’s Turandot, and will cover Leonora in the company’s upcoming season of Verdi’s Il Trovatore.

Performed several concerts as soloist on the Sydney Opera House stage in Opera Australia’s Great Opera Hits concert series.

Debut European recording ,entitled Venere bella as soloist with Trio Cavallaro was released globally in 2021 by Italy’s leading classical music label, Stradivarius Milano Dischi,.

Next 12 months Petah will travel to Europe and America to undertake the Churchill Fellowship.

Follow Petah at www.petahchapman.com

Trained at the IFAC New Zealand Singing School 2017.

Jermaine made her debut at the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra Gala; performing as Lady Bertram in Operantics’ production of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park, and in their production of La Sonnambula as Teresa.

Jermaine was part of the cast of Opera Australia’s The Eighth Wonder in the role of Madame Magda performing on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, and in 2017 she performed in Carmen as part of Opera Australia's production on Sydney Harbour.

Jermaine is a founding member of Blush Opera and a current Co-Artistic Director.

Follow Jermaine at www.blushopera.com

Winner of the Hilda Woolmer Scholarship Prize for piano accompaniment at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University funding Mark’s participation in the 2016 International Art Song Academy at WAAPA, where he worked with the renowned accompanist Dr Graham Johnson.

In 2016 Mark was first invited to perform with the Underground Opera Company and has since become their Musical Director.

Engaged by Opera Queensland as repetiteur for their 2017 season productions of The Pearl Fishers and Ruddigore, or the Witch's Curse, as well as their 2018 seasons of Peter Grimes and Don Giovanni.

With Brisbane City Opera Mark has conducted Handel’s Apollo & Dafne as well as the Australian Premiere of Richard Ferguson’s Opera Galactica.

In 2019 Mark was the regional Children’s Chorus Master for Opera Australia’s National Tour of Madama Butterfly.

Priscilla Cornelius is a vocal teacher who places a strong emphasis on technique and performance with connections to institutions such as The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Completed a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice, a Certificate II in Music Theatre and an Advanced Diploma of Classical Music in Voice, all at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Member of the Western Australia Opera Chorus.

Follow Priscilla at www.musicteacher.com.au/priscilla-cornelius/

Currently based in London  and recently completed his Master of Arts at the Royal Academy of Music with Distinction, supported by the Joyce Campbell Lloyd Scholarship.

He is an Opera Holland Park Young Artist for 2022 and will perform the role of Triquet in their production of Eugene Onegin.

He was the inaugural recipient of the 2021 Lady Galleghan London Award for Australian singers, providing a $15,000 bursary toward professional development in London.

·He was also selected as a 2021 Samling Young Artist, working with pianist Malcolm Martineau, soprano Joan Rodgers and actor James Garnon of The Globe Theatre in their intensive program.

Upcoming performances for Phillip include Elvino in La sonnambula (Random Opera) and the Schoolmaster in Cunning Little Vixen (Hampstead Garden Opera).

In September he will commence his residency with the National Opera Studio as a young artist for their 2022/23 Training Programme.

Solo engagements include performances with Auckland Choral Society, Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Sang Octavian in the trio from Der Rosenkavalier in “An Evening with Felicity Lott”.

Alto soloist in a programme with Bach Musica Auckland and alto solo in George Frideric Handel's Messiah with Napier Civic Choir.

Most recently sung with Bach Musica New Zealand’s Opera Gala in St Matthew’s Auckland.

Follow Sarah at www.facebook.com/sarahcourtmezzo

Working full time with Opera Australia in 2021 until Covid shut the industry down again in June.

In December 2021 performed with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic as soloist for their annual Carols in the Cathedral in St Paul's Cathedral.

Sung Helmwige for Melbourne Opera in Die Walkure.

Just finished a season as Sister Jane in Kurt Weill's Happy End for Victorian Opera at the Melbourne Arts Centre and will appear in Victorian Opera's production of Elektra later in the year.

2014 recipient of the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Award from the Australian Opera Awards Committee.

Runner-up in the MTO-German Australian Opera Grant.

Appeared as a soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and sang the role of Belinda in Dido & Aeneas  which was recorded with the Sydney Conservatorium’s Early Music Ensemble in an ABC Classic FM

Follow Regina at www.facebook.com/reginadanielsoprano

A regular featured soloist for Brisbane Company Underground Opera

Upcoming performances with Underground Opera include Opera in the Reservoir, Opera in the Caves, West End to Broadway, and Operarte; Opera in the Cathedral.

Follow Louise at www.undergroundopera.com.au

In 2019, Bronwyn performed in Opera Australia's Don Giovanni, study covered the role of Adalgisa in Melbourne Opera's Norma and sang in concert with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in Chorus Oz: Ode to Joy (broadcast on ABC), and with Teddy Tahu Rhodes in Opera Under the Stars.

Debuted as Rosina in Co-Opera's regional tour of The Barber of Seville.

Spent two months in London working with teachers and coaches from The Royal Opera Covent Garden and three months in New York working with teachers and coaches from The Juilliard School and The Metropolitan Opera.

Regularly performing with Opera Australia Chorus in productions such as Otello, La Juive, La boheme, Turandot, and Le nozze di Figaro.

In 2022 made her solo Debut with Opera Australia singing Anna Kennedy in Maria Stuarda.

Follow Bronwyn at www.facebook.com/BronwynMDouglass

Started 2021 by recording the title role of Juliana, a modern chamber opera by Joseph Phibbs. The CD was released by Resonus Classics and is available to stream and to buy online.

Covered Sophie and sang the role of Noble Orphan in Der Rosenkavalier with Garsington Opera.

Sang Woglinde in The RhineGold with Birmingham Opera Company.

Near the end of 2021 joined Scottish Opera for a tour of Gilbert and Sullivan, singing Fiametta in The Gondoliers and Phylla in Utopia Limited. These productions were directed by Australian Stuart Maunder who has worked with LGNOP.

In 2022 Zoe covered Tytania in A Midsummer Nights Dream with Scottish Opera, and performed in another leg of the G&S tour in London.

Will sing with  Garsington Opera Euridice in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, and cover Flora in their Turn of the Screw. 

Follow Zoe at www.zoedrummond.com

Several concert performances with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (including Mahler’s 4th Symphony & Faure’s Requiem), The Night Parrot (composed by Jessica Wells, commissioned by Queensland Music Festival, and now available from iTunes) and her rendition of Micaela in Carmen in Concert (conducted by Alondra de la Parra & directed by Patrick Nolan) – a collaboration of the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program, Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Opera Queensland.

In 2019, continued her studies in German with the German Language School (GLS) in Berlin.

Involved in a new concert format within the 4MBS Festival of Classics Beethoven vs Schubert Liederabend and will be reprising her role as soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah in several productions this year.

Follow Morgan at www.facebook.com/morganenglandjones

Currently living in New York City, working as a staff pianist at The Juilliard School’s Vocal Arts department, and freelancing.

Spent 2020 and 2021 back in Australia and undertook a 2020 national tour with Musica Viva Australia performing with Nicolas Fleury (Horn) and Emily Sun (Violin).

In 2022 performed in the  Bendigo Chamber Music Festival

Follow Amir at www.amirfarid.com

Since attending LGNOP Karen has appeared as a soloist with Darwin Symphony Orchestra, given recitals for ArtSong Canberra, The Lyrebird Society in Melbourne and performed with Ensemble 642 at the Peninsula Summer Music Festival.

Premiered and recorded a new song cycle Fragility written by New York based composer Josh McHugh.

Painted for the Archibald Prize by artist Helen Paulucci.

In 2022 Karen bgane her PhD in Music and Health.

She will be singing the role of Galatea in Acis & Galatea Genesis Baroque in July this year.

Follow Karen at www.karenfitzgibbon.com.au

A former James and Diana Ramsey Foundation Young Artist with State Opera South Australia, she is now a principal artist with the company.

For State Opera she has appeared as Valencienne The Merry Widow, Leila The Pearl Fishers, Lauretta Gianni Schicchi, Rose Pickles premiere production of Cloudstreet, Pamina The Magic Flute, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus, Bastienne Bastien und Bastienne and Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, as well as appearing as a soloist for regional tours, concerts and broadcasts.

In 2019 she sang the title role in State Opera’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen and in 2021 Julie Jordan in Carousel and Johanna in Sweeney Todd.

In March of 2022, she played Musetta for State Opera’s Boheme on the Beach.

Follow Desiree at www.stateopera.com.au/artist/desiree-frahn

Numerous concerto performances to his name including the Khachaturian Concerto with the WA Symphony Orchestra, the Grieg Concerto with the Slovakia Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven’s First and Second Concertos with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra.

Given solo and chamber music recitals across Australia and in South Korea, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Broadcast two solo programmes for the ABC Young Australia program.

Repetiteur for many of Sydney’s chamber opera companies as well as being in demand as an accompanist and vocal coach for auditions, recitals, examinations, and concert performances.

Currently Music Director for Pacific Opera.

Appeared as Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme across six opera seasons including the grand Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, which was screened in cinemas globally and released onto DVD by ABC Classics.  

In 2019, she featured as Maria in the spectacular outdoor production of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour.  This same year she also played Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Madama Cortese in Il viaggio a Reims (both Sydney and Melbourne),  Musetta in La Boheme and Wendy Whiteley in a new production Whiteley by Elena Kats-Chernin.

Reopened at the Sydney Opera House post covid lockdowns starring as the title role Hannah Glavari in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow.

In 2021 Julie Lea started 'Ceremony Singers’ a small business focused on providing beautiful voices for wedding and funeral celebrations.

Follow Julie at www.julieleagoodwin.com

Won First Prize in the Italian Acclaim Opera Fellowship Awards 2014 allowing her to continue her studies in Italy at Teatro Accademia, La Scala in Milan.

While in Europe Giuseppina made her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Moriconi, Anconai. Other European engagements include solo performances at the Pergolesi Spontini Festival, as well as the concert Ich liebe die Welt with the AIMS Orchestra in Graz, Austria.

Giuseppina has appeared regularly with Opera Australia including Frasquita in Carmen for the 2021 national tour, and the roles of Isabella and Ferdinand in El Kid. She also appeared in Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour productions of La Boheme and La Traviata, as well as Aida, Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Anna Bolena at the Sydney Opera House.

In 2022, Giuseppina will be making her debut as Carlotta Giudicelli in Opera Australia’s new production of The Phantom of the Opera at the Sydney Opera House.

Follow Giuseppina at www.giuseppinagrech.com

Recently returned from The Adelaide Festival performing in  production of The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov.

Currently working with Opera Australia for the Melbourne autumn season in Lohengrin and Mefistofele.

During Easter sang two performances of Bach's St. John Passion.

In 2021 began the transition into Soprano repertoire.

Sung Annio with National Opera Canberra’s 2021 production of la clamenza di Tito.

Sung Dama in Verdi’s Macbeth directed by Bruce Beresford at Her Majesty’s Theatre with Melbourne Opera.

Understudied the role of Marcellina in Opera Queensland’s 2021 production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Sang the role of Ortlinde (one of the Valkyries) in the Melbourne Opera Ring Cycle in February 1220 in Die Walküre and covered Sieglinde.

In Bendigo she debuted the role of Sieglinde singing with Bradley Daley as Siegmund directed by Suzanne Chaundy.

Recently finished singing in Opera Queensland’s The Sopranos concert series.

Follow Eleanor at www.eleanorgreenwood.com

Performing Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro in the Royal Northern College of Music’s Spring Opera

Joining the chorus for Glyndebourne's Summer Festival of 2022.

A semi-finalist in the International Handel Singing Competition in London.

Follow Mellissa at www.facebook.com/melissagregorymezzosoprano/

Harry Grigg is currently completing his Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music as a Kiri te Kanawa Scholar.

In October 2019 with Gertrude Opera Festival, he performed the roles of the King of the East and the Moon in the Australasian premiere of Jonathan Dove’s The Enchanted Pig with the Yarra Valley Opera Festival.

Harry was a 2020 Dame Malvina Major Foundation Studio Artist with New Zealand Opera.        

Completed his  Masters of Performance at the Royal College of Music, London.

Winner of the 2021 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Competition and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Royal Overseas League Competition. 

Follow Harry at www.harrygrigg.com

Rebecca has sung with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

She was a 2015 Finalist in the Herald Sun Aria Awards and IFAC Australian Singing competition.

Completed her Graduate Artist Diploma/Masters at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and her last role to perform was Amelia, Un ballo in maschera, before COVID cancellations.

She conceptualised, produced and performed in her first Fundraising Concert event for the Australian Bushfires appeal in 2020 which raised over $10,000 USD.

A finalist of the Mario Lanza Competition chosen for  The Loren. L. Zachary Competition (COVID meant she was unable to compete) and is a Metropolitan Opera National Council District winner.

She will sing Micaela for Opera Australia’s Carmen on Cockatoo Island late 2022.

Follow Rebecca at www.opera.org.au/artist/rebecca-gulinello/

Sam debuted his main-stage role with Opera Queensland in their 2019 production of Tosca, singing the role of Angelotti.

Winner of the 2016 Dame Joan Sutherland Award from the Noosa Federation of the Arts, he has also won the Joyce Campbell-Lloyd Scholarship, Ronald Dowd Memorial Prize and was a semi-finalist in the 2014 Australian Singing Competition.

Studied at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) with Susan Roper and Peter Wilson, and was invited to undertake their highly sought-after International Artist Diploma.

In 2022, Iain will be a Principal Artist with Opera Australia performing the roles of Pang Turandot, Gastone La Traviata, Wagner & Nereo  Mefistofele and Ruiz Il Trovatore.

Follow Iain at www.iain-henderson.com

Isabel has worked in theatre, opera, independent film, community radio and television. She is also a freelance writer, published in New Matilda. 

Hertaeg’s work, Death by Soprano, developed with the collaborations of Derek Ives, Don Bridges and Jo Abbott has successfully toured Victoria with the support of Regional Arts Victoria and enjoyed sell-out seasons at Perth Fringeworld, Adelaide Fringe, The Butterfly Club, La Mama Theatre and The Melba Spiegeltent at Circus Oz.

Follow Isabel at www.entertainoz.com.au/bands-musicians/classical/opera-singer-isabel-hertaeg/

Since attending the LGNOP Cailin returned to study psychology and  now runs her own performance psychology clinic for performing and creative artists - The Performer's Edge.

Facilitated this course online numerous times with people from all over the world (UK, Australia, Slovenia, Estonia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Norway) from all creative backgrounds (opera singers, dancers, actors, writers, directors, composers, choreographers etc). 

1 on 1 clients are based all over the world and she has worked with numerous opera singers working professionally in Europe and the UK. 

Follow Cailin at www.theperformersedge.world

Currently residing in Berlin, Germany.

Alexandra has sung as a soloist and chorus member with Victorian Opera, Opera Australia, New Zealand Opera and Gertrude Opera.

Won the 2016 Liederfest competition, was chosen as a semi-finalist in the 2016 Mietta Song Competition and won the 2015 Boroondara and Warrnambool Aria Competitions in Victoria.

2015 Alexandra was a Young Artist with Gertrude Opera, where she received the Alice Amy McDonald Scholarship and performed main roles in their inaugural Nagambie Lakes Opera Festival.

In 2017 Alexandra was awarded the More Than Opera Prize in the German Australian Opera Competition.

Follow Alexandra at www.alexandraioan.com

Studied Piano Accompaniment with Michael Dussek and James Baillieu at the Royal Academy of Music.

While in London, was involved in a wide variety of musical activities, ranging from Chamber Tots Children’s Music Program at Wigmore Hall, playing in the Academy’s Manson Ensemble, and giving recitals with instrumentalists and vocalists.

Formed a new chamber music ensemble - The Taimana Ensemble.

Currently employed as Accompanist and Performance Coach at Knox Grammar School on Sydney’s north shore.

Follow David at www.davidjenkin.com

Samuel was graduated from the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at Covent Garden in 2016. While there his roles included Wigmaker Ariadne auf Naxos, Morales Carmen, Zalzal L’Étoile and Thésée Oedipe, Silvio Pagliacci and Albert Werther.

In 2017, Samuel joined the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin where his roles included Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Escamillo Carmen, the Imperial Commissioner Madama Butterfly, Clerk Death in Venice, Matthieu Andrea Chénier, the Bosun Billy Budd, Ping Turandot, Border Guard Boris Gudonov and the Flemish Deputy Don Carlo, Conte Le nozze di Figaro, and the title role Eugene Onegin.

In the 2021/22 season, Samuel’s roles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin include the title role Don Giovanni, Don Alvaro Il viaggio a Reims and Angelotti Tosca. He also performs Don Giovanni at The Dmitri Hvorostovsky Festival in Krasnoyarsk. Samuel will perform at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in Le nozze di Figaro and returns to the Zurich Opera for Silvio Pagliacci.

Follow Samuel at www.askonasholt.com/artists/samuel-dale-johnson/

In 2019 was a Jerwood Young Artist with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

During 2019/2020 completed his studies at the National Opera Studio, UK.

2019 recipient of the Help Musicians K Sybil Tutton Award and the Independent Voice Fellowship.

Competition success includes First Prize in both the Wellington Dame Malvina Major Foundation Aria Competition and the New Zealand Aria Competition.

Engagements during 2020 / 2021 includes Messiah with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and covering Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Follow Frederick at www.frederickmichaeljones.com/home

In 2017 she performed as Nella in Gianni Schicchi with the Berlin Opera Academy and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Opera Projects Sydney

Performed the roles of Contessa in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Gianetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir D’amore with The Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival - Caltagirone, Sicily in 2018.

Enjoys performing with The 7 Sopranos and The Underground Opera Company on a regular basis.

Began his professional career at the West Australia Opera singing Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi, Sciarrone in Tosca, Colline in La Bohème, Parson & Badger in The Cunning Little Vixen and Zuniga in Carmen.

Made his European debut in 2018 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin singing Doctor Grenvil in La Traviata. As a member of the company’s ensemble he appeared in fifteen productions including Nabucco, Die Zauberflöte, Salome and Eugene Onegin.

Sang with the Theatre Basel’s Oper Avenir.

Currently a full-time chorus member at Staatsoper Unter den Linden since the beginning of this season.

Is part of a company which assists singers development.

Follow Paull-Anthony at www.paullanthonykeightley.com

Played Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro for both Opera Queensland and West Australian Opera.

Upcoming performances include Alidoro for Victorian Opera in La Cenerentola, Bass Soloist in Melbourne Bach Choir’s St Matthew Passion, and Bass Soloist in Messiah for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s tour.

Follow Jeremy at: www.facebook.com/jeremykleeman

House debuts, including Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Donizetti's Deux hommes et une femme in the Konzerthaus Berlin, and L'italiana in Algeri  at the Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Currently rehearsing Il Barbiere di Siviglia with The Dallas Opera and will perform the same title with Oper Köln in June.

In a new production of La Cenerentola with the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier.

In Kosky's production of Die Zauberflöte with The Israeli Opera.

Next season, '22-'23, Alasdair returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper for a couple of titles, as well as making house debuts with the Wiener Staatsoper and with Opera Australia.

Follow Alasdair at www.alasdairkent.com

Member of the Opera Q Studio where she was a principal artist in their new work Abandon Opera Q/DanceNorth at the Australian Chamber Music Festival 2013 and reprised the role at the World Theatre Festival 2014. She then joined the Developing Artist Program at the Victorian Opera and graduated with a Master of Music (Opera Performance) from The University of Melbourne.

In 2017, Elizabeth relocated to the United States and took up as position in the Gate City Bank Young Artist Program 2017 with Fargo-Moorhead Opera.

Finalist in the 2018 Elizabeth Connell Prize for Dramatic Sopranos and placed Second at the John Alexander National Vocal Competition with Mississippi Opera.

In April 2020, Elizabeth was to understudy the lead role of Valerie in the new Lyric Opera of Chicago and Second City Comedy Theatre production of “Louder! Longer! Wagner!: The Second City Wagner Companion”. As part of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ring Cycle Festival, this would have been Elizabeth’s first role with the company. COVID-19 saw this production cancelled.

In 2022 the opera The Nurses of Vung Tau she wrote and produced was performed in Brisbane.

Follow Elizabeth at www.elizabethlewis.com.au

In 2019 Stephanie was graduated with a Master of Arts: Advanced Vocal Studies (Distinction) at the Wales International Academy of Voice.

Stephanie joined the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in 2018 for the Summer Festival and Tour. As part of the Chorus, she performed across 6 productions including La Traviata, Cendrillon, Madama Butterfly, Der Rosenkavalier, Saul & Vanessa. She covered the role of Annina in La Traviata and sang the role in La Traviata: Behind the Curtain. 

In 2019, Stephanie joined Garsington Opera for their summer season, covering the role of Miss Jessel The Turn of the Screw and as part of the chorus for The Bartered Bride and Fantasio. She returned to the Glyndebourne Chorus for their 2019 tour production of L'elisir d'amore. 

Performed in a revival of Barry Kosky's Saul as part of the chorus at Théâtre du Châtelet in January 2020.

2021, Stephanie returned to work with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus for a new production of Luisa Miller.

In September 2021, Stephanie moved to Berlin to take up a full-time position at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Follow Stephanie at www.stephanielloydsoprano.com

Daniel has performed roles around Australia, including Il Conte and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Boheme, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Re di Scozia in Ariodante, Michele in Il Tabarro, Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, conducted by Simone Young, and Der Vater in Hansel und Gretel.

Singing in the chorus for Opera Australia since 2015, he made his mainstage debut in 2020 as Dancaire in Carmen at the Sydney Opera House, and joined the 2021 National Tour of Carmen as Morales.

Daniel has also performed internationally; Conte in Le nozze di Figaro Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Guglielmo and Sagrestano in Cosi fan Tutte and Tosca Greve Opera Academy, Italy, and Papageno in The Magic Flute Connecticut Lyric Opera.

Follow Daniel at www.facebook.com/danielmaceybaritone/

Currently touring with the Ten Tenors in the USA since February 2022 and recently finished a tour with them around Australia Novemberr/December 2021.

Young Artist with Opera Queensland in 2022.

Cast as Gastone in Opera Queensland’s 2022 production of La Traviata.

Follow Sebastian at www.oq.com.au/artist/sebastian-maclaine/

Artistic Director of Sweet Sound Ensemble.

In 2015 was vocalist and artistic director of an extended work on the poems of Iranian poet Forough Farrakhzad called Rebirth, which toured Australia, UK and USA.

In 2017 was vocalist and artistic director of Tales of Scheherazade, a Persian opera debuting at the Queensland Conservatorium.

In May 2020 she released with the Sweet Sound Ensemble a recorded album Secret

Shirin has a Masters of Vocal Pedagogy from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and is currently teaching voice in Brisbane.

Follow Shirin at www.shirinmajd.com

Daniel has worked as a répétiteur at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, West Australian Opera as Music Director for Regional Touring/ Education, and as Artist in Residence at Lasalle College Singapore.

Conducted the OperaBox productions of Così fan tutte and La Bohème.

Gained his doctorate at the University of Western Australia in composition and conducting.

Daniel’s theatre, solo, chamber and orchestral works Shinglebend  and  Scurrilous Words have been recorded by the Australian String Quartet and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for the ABC, and for the ABC Young Perfomer’s Awards, and his songs and arias from his two operas Ardi and Teufels Nacht have been performed across Europe and North America.

Daniel is Director of Music at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Fremantle, where since 2016 he has directed the Vox Aquilæ, Academy and Chorus in services, oratorios and recitals.

Follow Daniel at www.danielmasmanian.com

Completed her Master of Music at the New England Conservatory, Boston, USA, in 2018 where she studied under dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen. Within the New England Conservatory Fiona’s role highlights include Frantik, Crvek and Kohout Cunning Little Vixen, Xiao Qing Gilgamesh and Véronique Doctor Miracle.

Moved to London, UK in late 2018, where for two years she pursued multiple career pathways. During 2019, she made her lyric soprano debut in the role of Mimì, La Bohéme with Hampstead Gardens Opera.

Returning to Adelaide she has sung with State Opera of South Australia in La Boheme, and in 2022 Barrie Kosky's Golden Cockeral and Britten's Turn of the Screw.

Follow Fiona at www.fionamcardle.com

Now active as a director of both opera and theatre, and in 2020 she joined Opera Australia as the Trainee Director under the umbrella of the Young Artist Program.

Made her directorial debut with Hamlet in the Brisbane Shakespeare Festival in 2019.

In the past was a finalist in several competitions Tabatha continues to be active as a performer, most recently featuring as the soprano soloist in A Christmas Carol Royal Albert Hall and jumping in as Greta for Opera Australia’s Sydney season of Metamorphosis.

Follow Tabatha at www.tabathamcfadyen.com

In 2021 played the role of the Beggar Woman in State Opera South Australia’s Sweeney Todd.

Currently studying a Master of Speech Pathology at Flinders University with a special interest in voice.

Regularly performs around Adelaide, at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, corporate gigs and other concerts.

Follow Joanna at www.facebook.com/jomcwaters

Toured with Glyndebourne as a chorister, and a soloist in their Christmas concerts for 2021.

Joining Garsington Festival Opera for the summer as a young artist covering Ježibaba in Rusalka, which will also travel to Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022.

Follow Jade at www.glyndebourne.com/persons/jade-moffat/

Currently a Director for The Cooperative Opera, Sydney.  Her 2022 Season will include: Le nozze di Figaro, The Turn of the Screw, and Pagliacci  with attention to their relevance  for contemporary issues.

She has sung with Opera Australia, Pacific Opera, Blush Opera, and Opera Projects Sydney.

She was a Young Artist with Pacific Opera and since performing in Rossini's The Barber of Seville with the Opera Australia Schools Company, she has performed as a member of the Opera Australia Chorus.

In 2020, Rebecca co-wrote and directed a five-part comedy-adventure web series, Tales for Uncertain Times, and co-wrote the Monte Miller short-listed TV series Keeping House, currently optioned by Beyond Armana. She is currently developing three series for television and a comedy horror film.

Follow Rebecca at https://www.thecooperativeopera.org/#our-people

Studied with concert pianist, Max Olding. Brendan is a sought-after accompanist throughout Southeast Queensland and has performed extensively with Voices of Birralee, both nationally and internationally. 

Brendan's experience in musical theatre includes performing in the Brisbane seasons of Chicago, Cats, Avenue Q, Wicked, Annie, Jersey Boys, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The King & I, The Lion King, Anything Goes, and Strictly Ballroom at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Brendan is on staff at the Queensland Conservatorium, piano teacher at All Hallows' School, organist at Holy Family Parish Indooroopilly and worked extensively with The Underground Opera Company.

Sung in the 2019/2020 season at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Performed roles such as Colline in La bohème (Deutsche Oper, New Zealand Opera), Quince in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (Deutsche Oper), and Ribbing, Ballo in Maschera (Deutsche Oper).

He has sung The Ambassador in The Sleeping Beauty for Victorian Opera, has done the OA’s School’s Company

In 2021 he was a part of Opera Queensland’s Young Artist Program where he sung the role of Figaro in their production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Follow Timothy at www.oq.com.au/artist/timothy-newton/

Concert Performance with Göttinger Symphonie Orchester in Germany, 2020.

In 2021 featured in a new opera Chop Chef by P.Smith with Blush Opera Sydney and featured in Tokyo performing excerpts from La Traviata and La boheme.

In February 2022 Ayako performed Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte with WSO and Pacific Opera.

Ayako was a featured soloist  in Opera Gala Hollywood with Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in April 2022.

Ayako also works with SBS radio (SBS Japanese in Australia) since 2021 as a presenter and has a radio segment called “Viva! Opera”, in which she introduces opera music to Japanese listeners in Australia a few times a month. 

Follow Ayako at www.facebook.com/AyakoOhtakeSoprano/

Joshua has sung numerous roles for companies such as Opera New England, Opera Hunter, Rockdale Opera Company, Bare Bones Opera, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Chatswood Musical Society and toured with Opera Australia singing Count Almaviva in their 2019 School’s Tour of The Barber of Seville.

He has been tenor soloist for St. Andrew’s Cathedral (Handel, Messiah; Bach, Cantata No. 4, No. 62 No. 80, No. 115, No. 140) and has sung as a lay clerk and deputy at St Andrew’s Cathedral, St Mary’s Cathedral, and St James King St.

Joshua has twice been the recipient of the Ronald Dowd Memorial Prize, Finalist in the Opera and Arts Vocal Final, Semi-finalist in the Opera Scholarship, 2nd Place in the Joan Sutherland Memorial Prize.

Blake has performed with State Opera of South Australia, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Australian International Opera Company, Opera Bites, Rockdale Opera, Opera Laboratory, and the G and S Society SA and Dartington Arts Festival .

Awards include the George Boland Scholarship, the 5MBS Young Virtuosi Award, runner up in the Australian Vocal and Concerto Competition, runner up in the Arnold Matters Scholarship, and an Arts SA Grant to study with Peter Coleman-Wright.

As a musicologist he has presented at conferences at the Melbourne Conservatorium, the Perth Cathedral Scotland, the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, the University of Glasgow, the Fryderyk Chopin Music University, the Krakow Academy of Music, Griffith University, the Sydney Conservatorium, the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań​, and the Polish Institute of National Remembrance.

Blake has published articles with the Cambridge Scholars, the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny, and the Lithuanian Composers Union.

Follow Blake at www.blakeparham.weebly.com

2019 semi-finalist in the IFAC HANDA Australian Singing Competition.

Performed Don Alfonso in the digital production of Cosi fan tutte, Quarantine Cosi, produced online during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Since 2021 has worked as a chorus member with Australian Opera in performances such as Otello, and La Juive.

Conducts  singing lessons in Brisbane.

Follow Henry at www.facebook.com/henryrpinder

Working full-time in the chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin performing between 2-4 nights a week depending on the schedule, and rehearsing every day either on music, staging, or both.

Co-founded an Art Song collective Project Lieder  with fellow LGNOP Alumni Oliver Boyd and QCGU Graduate Elli Welsh. They have successfully mounted three self-produced productions online since January 2021, and through ticket sales and donations have funded an in-person recording session in Berlin.

Currently planning an in-person concert in Berlin in June, which will also be live-streamed.

Follow Rachel at www.projectlieder.com

In 2018 he made his principal debut for Opera Queensland as Masetto in Don Giovanni.

Piper has worked with Opera Queensland on other productions, notably the Helpmann Nominated Mozart Airborne, a collaborative project which saw arias, ensembles, and songs by Mozart sung and danced to by Opera Queensland’s singers, and Australasian Dance Collective

He has performed as a soloist for Queensland Symphony Orchestra on multiple occasions.

Joined Opera Australia in seasons of La bohème on the Harbour, Aida and Shostakovich’s The Nose.

Samuel performed with Cantillation and Pinchgut Opera in their acclaimed production of Handel’s Athalia at the City Recital Hall.

Follow Samuel at www.samuelgpiper.com

Kathryn has won the Opera Foundation Vienna award, and first prize in both the 3MBS Victorian Young Performer of the Year Award, and in The Herald Sun Aria in Melbourne, Australia. 

In 2016, Kathryn, completed a season working at the Vienna State Opera.

In 2018 Kathryn made her debut as a soloist in the Sydney Opera House in Opera Australia's "Great Opera Hits". 

In 2019 Kathryn performed roles with Opera Australia in Il Viaggio a Reims, and with Victorian Opera's Parsifal and Barber of Seville.

In 2020 Kathryn performed the role of Slave in Salome for Victorian Opera. 

In 2021 Kathryn performed the role of Leila in The Pearlfishers, performed “Echo” in the premiere of a new work: a double bill “Echo and Narcissus/ Cassandra, and the role of “Blue Fairy” in The Sleeping Beauty for Victorian Opera. 

Follow Kathryn at www.kathrynradcliffe.com.au

An Actor, Singer, Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Writer, Director, Filmmaker, Eugene completed his studies in Adelaide before traveling extensively, and has now settled in Sydney.

Sung Papageno in Gertrude Opera’s production of The Magic Flute

Performed in the Co-Opera 2017 tour of Eugene Onegin.

In 2017 attended the Berlin Opera Academy performing Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.

Most recently performed for Croatia House in their performance of Croatian Opera and Art Song.

Follow Eugene at https://www.facebook.com/EugeneF.RaggioBassBaritone/

In 2021, Matthew was cast as Don Jose in Opera Australia’s National Tour of Carmen. It was a 4-month tour with over 50 performances across Australia. 

Cast as the supporting role Almeric in West Australian Opera’s season of Iolanta, however the lead tenor caught COVID and Matthew learned the lead role of Count Vaudemont in just 3 days. He continued this role for the entire season.

In 2022 will sing the tenor role of Mr Cash in West Australia Opera’s production of Mozart’s Der Schaulspieldirektor.

Young Artist at Victorian Opera (2012-2013).

From 2014 – 2016, Timothy was based in Europe, where he was a member of London’s Opera Holland Park ensemble, and covered a number of roles at Germany’s prestigious Oper Stuttgart.

He made his debut as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for Hampstead Garden Opera (London), and performed the title role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Performs often as a soloist with Australia’s major early music ensembles, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Ludovico’s Band, La Compañia, St John’s Southgate, Melbourne Bach Choir, and in December of 2019 debuted with Pinchgut Opera.

Timothy’s recent performances include Ruodi in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell (2018) and White Rabbit in Alice Through the Opera Glass (2019), both for Victorian Opera, and with Opera Australia as an Apprentice in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2018).

Follow Timothy at www.timothyreynoldstenor.com

On the concert platform Christopher has appeared with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in J.S. Bach’s Magnificat; the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Mozart’s Mass in C; the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Requiem; the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion; and with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Handel’s Israel In Egypt and J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

Christopher has appeared in Handel’s oratorios, performing the role of Ptolemy in Alexander Balus, and the title role in Hercules, with the Canberra Choral Society; and the role of Zebul in The Vow, Jephtha with  concert series Handel in the Theatre, Canberra.

On the Opera stage, Christopher has appeared with Pinchgut Opera, as Thoas in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, and as Idreno in Haydn’s Armida. Also, in an initiative between Opera Queensland and Dance North, he sang the bass role in Abandon Handel arr. Crabb  in Townsville at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in 2013, and the Brisbane World Theatre Festival in 2014.

Follow Christopher at: www.christopherrichardson.info

2013 winner of the Acclaim Awards Chief Justice’s Award which enabled her to study through the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini in Italy.

For Victorian Opera her appearances have included the role of Mrs Anderssen in A Little Night Music, the Flower Maiden Pasifal, The Green Fairy The Sleeping Beauty, Annina in LaTraviata, Turnspit in Rusalka, Eriphyle in Daphnis and Chloe and the Dew Fairy in Hansel & Gretel.

A soloist in Gounod’s Requiem for the Victoria Chorale and in 2018 was engaged as a guest soloist with the Jiangsu Symphony Orchestra in Nanjing where she appeared in arias from Carmen, Semiramide and The Barber of Seville.  

2022 includes the role of Grimgerde in Die Walküre for Melbourne Opera and performing one of the sextet of female supporting roles in the company’s season of The Rise & Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny.

Follow Juel at www.weaverartistmanagement.com.au/singers/mezzo-sopranos/juel-riggall/

A featured Finalist in the 2018 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship and the New Zealand Aria Competition.

Soloist with Brisbane City Opera in their concert series Opera in the Upper House.

In 2020 premiered Desiderium, a collaboration of song and art at the DESIGN Canberra Festival with artist Hannah Quinlivan.

2022 Performed as a featured soloist in A Choral Celebration with the Queensland Choir at Brisbane City Hall. This was the opening concert of 4MBS Festival of Classics.

An Australian opera specialist, in the last 10 years Joshua has performed roles such as ‘The Father’ in Ross Edwards Christina’s World, ‘Wal the bellman’ in Wesley-Smiths Boojum, ‘Second Officer’ in John Haddock’s Madeline Lee and ‘Roo’ in Richard Mill’s Summer of the 17th Doll.

In 2022 he will perform the role of Palfreyman in Richard Meale’s Voss and reprise the role of Roo in Richard Mill’s Summer of the 17th Doll.

Follow Joshua at www.facebook.com/joshrowebaritone

Studying a Masters of Speech Pathology at the University of Melbourne.

Working on a research project on long term vocal function in laryngeal tremor under the supervision of Dr. Debra Phyland.

Started a singing teaching studio and has formed an Italian jazz band, Dai, Ciccio! (Come on, man!)

Singing with the Heidelberg Chorale performing Dvorak’s Mass in D and other solo soprano oratorio repertoire.

Follow Cristina at www.cristinarusso.net 

Commenced her second season in Staatstheater Wiesbaden featuring in productions of Werther, Hansel und Gretel, Don Giovanni, Pique Dame, and Elektra.

About to start rehearsals from La Clemenza di Tito (Servilia) and a modern opera Babylon by Joerg Widmann.

Next season will be joining the prestigious Südwest Rundfunk Chor, this is a small ensemble or radio choir.

Follow Michelle at: www.michelleryansoprano.com

Darren Saady arrived in Germany in 2015 from Sydney, Australia and worked as Ballett Répétiteur both at Theater Koblenz and Theater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Since 2018, he has made Berlin his home and has concentrated on freelance work as Vocal Coach, accompanist, and teacher.

For several years has been the accompanist for the renowned Ernst Senff Chor in Berlin under the direction of Steffen Schubert, with whom he has worked on many of the major works of the choral repertoire.

Follow Darren at https://www.darrensaady.com/

Member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House from 2014-16.

A former Royal Opera House company principal.

Winner of the 2017 Wagner Society UK Singing Competition, Samuel has also received awards from the Grange Festival International Singing Competition, Bel Canto Singing Competition, and the International Opera Awards.

Sakker opened the 2020/21 season in a much-anticipated role debut as Rodolfo La boheme Scottish Opera, followed by a series of concerts with Opera Holland Park, The Messiah Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Antonin Scalia in Derek Wang’s Scalia / Ginsburg Orchestra Victoria, Apollo in Simon Bruckhard’s Cassandra Victorian Opera, Macduff Macbeth Melbourne Opera, Harry Robarts in Richard Meale’s Voss Victorian Opera & State Opera of South Australia, Melbourne Opera’s Bel Canto Gala; as well as reprising  Messiah Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

In 2021/22, Sakker will return to Opera Holland Park as Sergeant Thibault Margot la Rouge, and make his debut as Laca Jenůfa with Opéra de Montréal.

Follow Samuel at www.samuelsakker.com

Living in Berlin through the pandemic saw the cancellation of 3 productions he had been cast in upon arriving in Germany.

In 2021 performed the role of Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, at the Oper oder Spree Festival in Brandenburg.

This year Joshua will perform the role of Mydas in Die schöne Galatée for the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester and be a part in the Extra Chorus of Mefistofele by Boito at the Staatsoper Hannover.

Follow Joshua at www.joshuasalter.com

Worked with State Opera SA and the Elder Conservatorium of Music Adelaide until 2019

In 2019 took up a full scholarship to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to study a masters of repetiteurship with Duncan Williams (former principal repetiteur for Glyndebourne and English National Opera) and Philip White (former chorus master/repetiteur for Opera de Lyon, Royal Danish Opera, Bayreuth Festival and Frankfurt Opera).

Graduated from the Masters program in 2020 and was offered a lecturer position (accompanying and coaching) for the undergraduate and postgraduate vocal studies programs at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he is currently employed.

Working for Scottish Opera, most recently as music director for their Opera Highlights tour of Scotland, and repetiteur for their upcoming production of Candide.

Opera Australia Chorus for La Traviata on the Harbour performances in 2021 and this year performed the full summer season in Turandot, Otello, and La Juive.

Sung the role of Marcellina in The Cooperative Opera 2022 production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Featured soloist in An Evening of Croatian Opera and Dance for the Croatia House.

Upcoming performances include soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Penrith Symphony in December this year.

Follow Laura at https://www.facebook.com/Laura-Scandizzo-Soprano

Young Artist for West Australian Opera in 2011.

He is currently a member of the Opera Australia Chorus.

With Opera Australia he has performed the roles Commissioner Madama Butterfly, Usher Rigoletto, Second Soldier Salome, Leo Castelli Whiteley.

Recently performed Fourth Noble in Opera Australia’s production of Lohengrin featuring tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

Follow Ryan at www.opera.org.au/artist/ryan-sharp

Currently appearing in English Touring Opera’s Spring 2022 Tour as the Tin Soldier in Paper and Tin, as well as in their productions of La Bohème and The Golden Cockerel.

Recently appeared as Conte Alberto in L’occasione fa il ladro for British Youth Opera at Opera Holland Park, for which he was awarded the Basil A. Turner Prize.

Also appeared as Narciso Il turco in Italia  for Longhope Opera and Beppe  Rit) for Guildhall Opera. Previously, he has performed the roles of Trac Le Roi Carotte, and Soldato/Mercurio The Coronation of Poppea for Opéra de Lyon and was Tenor Soloist in Schnittke’s Faust Cantata at the Barbican.

Follow Brenton at www.brentonspiteri.com

Graduated in 2017 from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with first-class honours and a University medal for academic excellence.

Studied at London’s prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Anna’s roles include Amor in The Coronation of Poppea, Papagena in Die Zauberflote, Emmie in Albert Herring, Princess Laoula in L’Etoile, The Storybook Princess/Le Feu/Le Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortileges, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos under the baton of Simone Young.

Made her debut with Opera Australia singing the roles of Pamina, Papagena, and the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote and toured again in Opera Australia’s 2019 Schools production of By the Light of the Moon.

Started this season with Sarastro from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in Düsseldorf and at the Volksoper in Vienna. Also performed a staged version of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

Luke will return to Oper Köln for Beatrice et Benedict, followed by Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Tod in Kaiser von Atlantis in Düsseldorf.

Next season, it is confirmed he will remain in Düsseldorf (no season announcement yet) and guest in Paris.

Follow Luke at: www.lukestoker.com

As Covid kicked off Cameron was booked to sing  ensemble in a  production of Barber of Seville to tour 17 Chinese cities, which  was cancelled a month out given the climate.

Completed a diploma in Information Technology and has been working full-time as a web developer.

In 2021 Cameron was a featured soloist in Brisbane City Opera’s concert series Opera in The Upper House.

This year he will feature in Don Giovanni excerpts as a part of the newly established Brisbane ensemble ‘Voxalis’ in their upcoming Opera Gala.

Daniel moved to Germany to join the Hamburg Staatsoper’s International Opera Studio, After completing two seasons in the Studio, Daniel continued at the Staatsoper as a house soloist.

Daniel has performed regularly in concert and chamber music at festivals, including the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Melbourne Arts Festival, the Sydney Festival, the Jinji Lake Arts Festival and the iSing Opera Festival in China.

In 2017, Daniel moved to Suzhou, China, where he took on the role of Head of Teaching at the Explore Music training centre.

Returning to Australia in 2019, Daniel became a member of Forest Collective, sang the role of Nero in Yarra Valley Opera Festival’s Coronation of Poppea, as well as featuring in Three Tales and Salome for Victorian Opera.

In 2020, Daniel became a freelance writer, editor and proofreader, working for such organisations as UN-Habitat, Refinitiv, and assisting with the preparation of the manuscript for Singing in Mandarin: A Guide to Chinese Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire by Katherine Chu and Juliet Petrus.

In 2021, he featured in Richard Meale's Voss for VO, The Enchanted Pig for Australian Contemporary Opera Co and sang the role of Prunier for National Opera's La Rondine.

Recently performed as the Queen of Hearts in Will Todd’s Alice in Wonderland with the Australian Contemporary Opera Co.

Follow Daniel at www.danieltoddtenor.com

Currently based in Los Angeles where she has been since 2018, employed in a chorus position with LA Opera.

With LA Opera she has just finished a production of St. Matthew Passion with the Hamburg Ballet and is starting rehearsals for Aida.

Projects in the near future with Opera Santa Barbara and Pacific Opera Project.

Follow Janet at www.janettoddsoprano.com

Studied at the Guildhall School of Music and held the Guildhall Junior Fellowship then received a Doctor of Music from Montreal University.

His achievements include concerts at Wigmore Hall, St James Piccadilly and the GLaaspaleis Heerlen.

He is now on the Music Staff of Opera Australia.

Completed her Master's degree at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Marlena Malas.

Performed the title role in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges with Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, conducted by the Metropolitan Opera’s Pierre Vallet and directed by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' James Robinson.

Made her New York debut season as Nancy  Albert Herring and Victoire The Dangerous Liaisons with Manhattan School of Music.

Credits include Sesto Giulio Cesare and Lapák The Cunning Little Vixen  under the baton of Maestro J. David Jackson with the Trentino Music Festival in Italy, and Meg Little Women with Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Follow Amy at www.amyyarham.com

Has performed as a soloist with Victorian Opera, Opera Australia’s Oz Opera, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She was Mimi for  Opera Van Diemensland.

Performed with The Seven Sopranos.

Performs regularly with the Opera Australia Chorus in the company’s main stage productions at the State Theatre, Melbourne.

Barbara runs a vocal studio from Reservoir and Doreen, Victoria.

Follow Barbara at www.barbarazavros.com