Cathy Dadd

Background: Born, Australia. Studied singing with Gregory Yurisich. OA stage management, 1987-91. AD for OQ, VSO, SOSA & OA, 1992 – 1999. Re-joined OA, 2000. Recipient: 2004 Australian Opera Foundation Bayreuth Scholarship and 2005 Goethe-Institut Language Scholarship





OA repertoire: Die tote Stadt, Of Mice and Men, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Tosca, Eugene Onegin, Aida, Peter Grimes, Lohengrin, The Barber of Seville, Il trovatore, Orpheus in the Underworld, La Cenerentola, Lulu, Der fliegende Holländer, Otello, La bohème, Lakmé, Rigoletto, La traviata, Arabella, Fidelio, Streetcar Named Desire, La fanciulla del West, Macbeth. Featured in award-winning Film Australia documentary Tosca – A Tale of Love and Torture





Other Companies: AD: Così fan tutte, Lucia di Lammermoor, Oedipus Rex, Rigoletto, Le nozze di Figaro, Tosca, Carmen, Hansel and Gretel, Otello, La bohème (OQ); Don Pasquale (SOSA/OQ); Die Frau ohne Schatten (Melbourne International Festival/VSO). Directed – Menotti’s The Medium (1997 Port Fairy Festival), Haydn’s La fedeltá Premiata (Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2005). Directed: The Magic Flute, Assistant Director: Alcina (Australian Opera Studio)