Antoinette Halloran

Soprano

One of Australia’s most accomplished and best-loved sopranos, Antoinette Halloran performs regularly with all the major Australasian opera companies and symphony orchestras and appears frequently on national television and radio.

In recent seasons, she made her role debuts as Sally in Follies and Kabanicha in Katya Kabanová for Victorian Opera and as Brünnhilde in Melbourne Opera’s cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen. She sang Olive in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for State Opera South Australia, Lorelei with Opera Queensland and Victorian Opera, Jenny in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny for Melbourne Opera and A Christmas Carol with Victorian Opera.

After originating Mrs. Lovett in Victorian Opera’s new 2015 production of Sweeney Todd, Antoinette went on to perform this Helpmann Award-nominated role in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney before returning to Melbourne for VO’s 2024 revival.

Leading appearances for Opera Australia have included the title roles in Madama Butterfly and Rusalka, Mimì in La bohème, Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (Green Room Award), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Fata Morgana in The Love for Three Oranges, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and Praskovya in The Nose.

Elsewhere, she has sung the title role in Tosca (Helpmann Award nomination) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) for West Australian Opera; The Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and Adina (L’elisir d’amore) for Victorian Opera, the title role in The Merry Widow, Micaëla (Carmen) and The Fox for State Opera South Australia; Widow for Opera Queensland, and Mimì and Butterfly for New Zealand Opera.

On the concert platform, Antoinette sang with Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet for the Sydney Festival, Mozart’s Requiem with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and El Niño with Sydney Philharmonia. She collaborated with Nick Cave and the Melbourne Symphony, was associate artist for José Carreras’ National Tour and has had many concert appearances with the Melbourne, West Australian, Wellington and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras.

Antoinette featured as a guest judge and panelist on the ABC television series Operatunity Oz and has appeared regularly on the hit show Spicks and Specks. She was a presenter for ABC’s Art Nation, covering stories on opera and music theatre.

Antoinette has been a regular visitor to Japan, China and Indonesia, where she is much in demand as a guest artist. She was a recipient of the Puccini Award and has performed throughout Europe and America with thanks to the Acclaim Awards. Her recording Puccini Romance with tenor Rosario La Spina and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra was produced by ABC Classics.