Olivia Cranwell

Soprano

Background: Born, Australia. Master of Music (Opera Performance), Victorian Opera/University of Melbourne. Bachelor of Music, Victorian College of the Arts. Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne. Winner of the 2011 South Eastern Arts Festival Aria, runner-up in the Herald Sun Aria, semi-finalist in the IFAC Australian Singing Competition (winner of the Victorian Opera prize), Opera Foundation’s Vienna State Opera Award.

OA repertoire: Ortlinde: Die Wälkure, Countess/Bridesmaid: The Marriage of Figaro, Hansel and Mother/Witch/Sand Fairy: Hansel and Gretel (Tour), Great Opera Hits (SOH).

Other companies: Ortlinde, Fräulein Andacht: Pünktchen und Anton (Vienna State Opera); Mimi: La bohème, Title role: Madama Butterfly (City of Stonnington); Sister Jane: Happy End, Vertraute/4^th Maid; Elektra, Die Prinzessin, Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse, Clorinda: La Cenerentola, Rapunzel: Into the Woods, Gossip: Angelique, Watkin Wombat/Rooster: The Magic Pudding, Puss: Puss in Boots, Queen Clementine: Sleeping Beauty, Assembly, God: Noye’s Fludde, Gala and Proms concerts (Victorian Opera); Helmwige: Die Walküre (Melbourne Opera);  Carmen (In Good Company); Canberra Symphony Orchestra;