Angela Hogan

Angela Hogan returns to the Sydney Opera House stage in 2025 after a triumphant success in Opera Australia’s Il Trittico in 2024 where she was heralded as the ultimate triple threat. In summer Angela debuts the role of Madame De La Haltière in Massenet’s Cendrillon and revisits her role of Flora in La Traviata, for … Continued

Olivia Cranwell

Olivia Cranwell is a graduate of the Master of Music (Opera Performance) programme from the University of Melbourne, having earlier obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same institution. In 2023, she returned to Melbourne Opera in the roles of Helmwige and Third Norn (Der Ring des Nibelungen), to Victorian Opera as Elettra (Idomeneo) and … Continued

Amanda Atlas

Noted for singing ‘with dramatic flair as well as vocal power’, New Zealand soprano Amanda Atlas (nee Winfield) is a unique and compelling performer. She has performed leading operatic roles across Europe, America and Australasia, where she quickly gained reputation as a real singing actress, equally at home in opera, musical theatre, and in concert. … Continued

Rachael Cunningham

Rachael Cunningham was born in New Zealand. She has Bachelor degrees in Music and English  from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and a Diploma in Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. During her studies, she was a recipient of the Nerissa Niblo Award. Her opera performances in Sydney Conservatorium productions include The … Continued

Cathy Marston

Cathy Marston is a choreographer, artistic director and Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow. After education in Cambridge, she spent two years at the Royal Ballet School, before launching a successful international career now spanning over twenty years. Cathy’s great gift is to join artistic dots, creating form for stories, emotions and ideas. She inherited a passion … Continued

Ashlee Smith

Ashlee grew up on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria and studied all facets of dance at Patrick Studios Australia, where she also studied full time in Musical Theatre under the direction of Andrew Hallsworth in 2011. Immediately after graduating, Ashlee performed as lead vocalist on several luxury liners in the Norwegian Cruises fleet. After this … Continued

Carlo Montanaro

Music Director at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw from 2011 to 2014, Italian conductor Carlo Montanaro was discovered by Zubin Mehta, who recommanded him to the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, where he improved his skills under Leopold Hager, Erwin Acél and Yugi Yuasa for three years. Since 2001, Montanaro has conducted opera and concerts in … Continued

Adrienn Lord

Adrienn is a set and costume designer for theatre, film and television. Adrienn has always had a passion for bringing people together through communal experiences. He consistently strives for new, elegant and potent forms of expression in space, colours and materials, to support and further articulate inspiring narrative and concept. He has designed and assisted … Continued

Carmen Duncan

Carmen Duncan trained at NIDA, and has become one of Australia’s most respected and recognized actresses. She received the Theatre Critics Award for Best Actress in Arthur Miller’s After The Fall, having previously been nominated for her role as Meg in the National Theatre’s tour of A Man For All Seasons. After … Continued

Andrew Hallsworth

Andrew won the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Choreography in a Musical’ for Opera Australia’s Anything Goes following his 2014 Helpmann Award win for the Hayes Theatre’s inaugural production of Sweet Charity, which also toured Australia in 2015. His theatre credits include Ladies in Black (QTC/MTC) Rupert (Daniel Sparrow Productions), Dream Song, Shane Warne the … Continued