Luke Gabbedy
Baritone
After studying at the West Australian Conservatorium of Music and Edith Cowan University, Luke Gabbedy became a member of the West Australian Opera Young Artist Program and the Australian Opera Studio, before joining Opera Australia.
Luke‘s many roles with OA now include Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Gunther (Die Gőtterdämmerung), Hermann (Tales of Hoffmann), Ping (Turandot), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), the title role in Don Giovanni, Escamillo and Dancairo (Carmen), Valentin (Faust, Green Room award), Marcello (La Boheme), Albert (Werther), Don Alvaro (Il Viaggio a Reims), Mathieu (Andrea Chenier),Kothner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Cascada (The Merry Widow), Sacristan (Tosca), Jago (Ernani), Pantaloon (The Love for Three Oranges), Marullo (Rigoletto), New Year’s Eve Gala, Great Opera Hits and Opera in the Gardens.
He has also performed the title role in The Barber of Seville, Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Marcello and Silvio (Pagliacci) for West Australian Opera and featured as Richard Nixon in The Nixon Tapes for Vivid Festival, Sydney.