Brad Cooper

Tenor

Background: Born: Sydney, Australia. Study: Conservatorium of Music (Sydney), National Opera Studio (London), Music Academy of the West (California).

Awards: Australian Opera Auditions Committee ‘Dame Joan Sutherland Award’, Nance Atkinson Trust Grant, Tait Memorial Trust Grant, Johnson Bequest, Australian Singing Competition Finalist, Wagner Society in NSW Scholarship.

OA Repertoire: Albert Albert Herring, Raoul de St. Brioche The Merry Widow, Pyotr Fedorovich The Nose, Vierte Jude Salome, Basilio/Curzio The Marriage of Figaro and Tamino The Magic Flute.

Other Companies: Jonathan Handel’s Saul and Beethoven 9 (Philharmonia Choirs’ ChorusOZ), Britten’s St Nicolas (Newcastle Music Festival), Tamino The Magic Flute and Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Oper Köln). Orfeo Haydn’s Orfeo ed Euridice (Sydney Conservatorium), Don Alonse L’Amant Jaloux (Opéra Comique), Gunther Die Feen (Théâtre du Châtelet). Davey Siren Song and Aubry Der Vampir (Grachtenfestival, Amsterdam). Clem Snow White (Nederlandse Reisopera).Conte Almaviva The Barber of Seville (Opera Holland Park), Emilio Tutti in Maschera (Wexford Festival), Seneca Friend 1, Coronation of Poppea (ENO).

Upcoming Engagements: Florestan Fidelio (Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg).

Recordings: Davey Dove’s Siren Song (Chandos) and Don Alonse L’Amant Jaloux (Opéra Comique DVD).