Dean Bryant is an award-winning writer and director of stage and screen. For Opera Australia he directed Two Weddings, One Bride and Anything Goes (with GFO). Recent credits include A Little Night Music (Hayes Theatre Co), Bloom (MTC), Giustino (Pinchgut), Hubris & Humiliation (STC), The Normal Heart (STCSA), Show People (Sydney Festival) and It’s A … Continued
Rosaria Sinisi was fortunate enough to study set design with Oliver Smith at NYU’s School of the Arts. After earning her MFA, she assisted him for five years, working on Broadway, in Hollywood and in Europe before embarking on her own design career. She designed the original sets for Shining Time Station, art directed five … Continued
“As Mimi, Greta Bradman shines in her first outing for Opera Australia… her finely spun soprano blooms and expands… a luminescence to her voice.” Angus McPherson, Limelight Magazine Stunning soprano Greta Bradman is one of Australasia’s most celebrated operatic and concert artists. Her 2015 début album for Decca Classics My Hero (c. Richard Bonynge; English … Continued
American tenor Nikhil Navkal is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting young tenors of his generation. He most recently performed Gennaro in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia with Brooklyn's LoftOpera which was met with critical acclaim. Other recent performances include scenes of Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini alongside Joyce DiDonato with LoftOpera, and Dorvil in … Continued
Alessandro Carletti was born in Rome. He studied photography and painting through which he very soon discovered his passion for lighting design that is also very much present in his family. In fact, Alessandro as a child has been influenced by his father who worked in theatre and his first experiences are the productions directed … Continued
Jessica Boyd is a 25-year-old Australian-born soprano of Ukrainian heritage based in Melbourne. Jessica graduated from Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2013, and received the C. M. Middleton Award for an outstanding female singer. In 2014, Jessica won the Opera Scholar of the Year Award, and was a Semi-Finalist in the Herald Sun Aria and … Continued
In 2014, Alex graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre), where he performed the roles of Judd Fry in Oklahoma!, Harold Slocum in Summer Rain, and in his graduating year Arthur in James Millar and Peter Rutherford’s A Little Touch of Chaos (dir. Iain Sinclair) and … Continued
Background: Bachelor of Music (WAAPA). Young Artist for West Australian Opera, 2011. Awarded the Wesfarmers Arts Scholarship, 2011; the Helen Court scholarship for ‘The Top Graduating Classical Music Student’, 2010. Finalist in the Australian Singing Competition (Mathy Awards) at the Sydney Opera House, 2010, where he was awarded the Anselmo Colzani Scholarship, the David Harper … Continued
Through his compelling performances with leading opera houses and orchestras around the world, Ho-Yoon Chung has firmly established himself as a unique and promising singer. Engagements in 2016/2017 include Rodolfo/La Bohème at Teatro Verdi Trieste, Duca/Rigoletto at Greek National Opera, Nemorino/L’Elisir d’Amore at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Enzo/La Gioconda at Malmö Operan, Duca/Rigoletto at Teatro Real de … Continued
Hollie James is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and has appeared professionally in Carrie – The Musical, Peppa Pig Live! Treasure Hunt, Pippin and toured with the National Theatre for Children. Additionally, she has performed in the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia’s Opening Gala, New Voices and Cy by Cy by Cy: The … Continued