Jake Lyle

Originally hailing from Gladstone, Central Queensland, 22 year old baritone Jake Lyle graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Classical Voice from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University under the tuition of Dr Margaret Schindler.

During his studies at QCGU, Jake was awarded the Professor Emeritus Jan Delpratt AM Prize in Classical Voice (2025), the Wagner Society Queensland Inc Award (2025), the Donald Penman Prize (2024), was Runner Up in the Alton Budd Memorial Award (2024), received the Elizabeth Muir Undergraduate Memorial Award (2022) and the Nora Baird Memorial Fund Audition Bursary (2022). In 2025, Jake was the winner of the final instalment of the Alton Budd Memorial Award.

At just 20 years of age, Jake was selected as a Finalist in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition (2024). In 2025, he was named Emerging Artist in Residence with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, performing operatic arias on tour to Townsville and Mackay before making his Queensland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall debut in October.

Jake has performed extensively with the opera program at QCGU. Recent roles include Ulisse in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria directed by Constantine Costi, Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri (Rossini) as part of the Val Machin Opera Scenes program and Marco in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) directed by Lindy Hume. In 2023, Jake performed the role of Jupiter in scenes from Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach) and in the mainstage production Underworld An Operatic Journey to Hell and Back directed and conceived by Michael Gow.

Jake has dreamed of performing on stage since childhood and is thrilled to make his professional debut with Opera Australia as The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

Jake would like to thank his parents Maree Tisdell and Darren Lyle, his first teacher Chelsea Elvery, his current teacher and mentor Dr Margaret Schindler, his agent Paul Tabone of The Artists Lab and all those who have supported him from Gladstone to where he is today. Most importantly, he thanks you the audience for supporting the arts. You are the life and soul of this craft and without you, art stops.