Sian Sharp
Mezzo Soprano
Dynamic and celebrated Australian mezzo-soprano, Sian Sharp, has been described as “one of Opera Australia’s most versatile and accomplished singers” (Australian Arts Review).
In 2023/2024, she sang Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Maddalena (Rigoletto), La Muse (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Dodo (Breaking the Waves) and La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica) for Opera Australia. Concert appearances included Rossweisse (Die Walküre) for the Sydney Symphony, Hadyn’s Harmoniemesse for the Tasmanian Symphony and Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. for Sydney Philharmonia.
In 2025, Sian returns to OA to sing the title role in Carmen and Prince Charming in Cinderella.
Past roles for Opera Australia include the title role in Carmen, Amneris (Aida), Marchesa Melibea (Il viaggio a Reims), Dulcinée (Don Quichotte), Waltraute and Siegrune (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Maddalena/Giovanna (Rigoletto), Cherubino/Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Rosina (Il barbiere di Sivigila), Arsace (Partenope), Federica (Luisa Miller), Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Stéphano (Romeo and Juliet), Nancy (Albert Herring), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Inez (Il trovatore), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Emilia (Otello), Pantalis and Marta (Mefistofele), Kitchen Boy (Rusalka) and Page (Salome). Sian has also appeared with Opera Australia in concert as Bersi (Andrea Chenier) and Albine (Thaïs), as well as in The Domain, New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts and their Great Opera Hits presentations.
Other concert performances have included those with the Queensland Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, the Sydney Symphony in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Melbourne Symphony as Mary in The Flying Dutchman. For Sydney Philharmonia, she has sung in Bach’s St. John Passion, Elijah and The Dream of Gerontius.