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

William Orlandi

Background: Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan Other Companies: Includes: Renard, The Flood, Mavra (La Scala); Katia Kabanova (Hamburg Opera); Il Trovatore, Werther (Tokyo); La Bohème (Bologna); Aïda, La clemenza di Tito, Così fan tutte (Opéra de Lausanne); La forêt (Geneva Opera); Aïda (Glasgow, Copenhagen); Falstaff, Otello (Anvers); Manon, Don Quichotte, L’amour … Continued

Damian Arnold

Damian has just completed his Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium, where he was the recipient of the Linda Kingsbury Jeffery Scholarship for Voice. His performance experience includes Don Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart in Mozart and Salieri by Rimsky-Korsakov, Hugo in Offenbach’s Love By Lanternlight, The Tenor Lover in Puccini’s Il Tabarro … Continued

Saimir Pirgu

Saimir Pirgu figures among the brightest stars in today’s international operatic firmament and has been celebrated at every major international operatic venue, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, the Berlin Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper, the Zurich Opera, Barcelona’s Liceu, the San … Continued

David Finn

David Finn’s professional career as a lighting designer began at the age of 16, working for the puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE. David assisted lighting designer Jennifer Tipton beginning in 1988 with Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and worked with her on productions by Mike Nichols, Robert Wilson, Agnes de Mille and Paul Taylor.  … Continued

Jessica Hitchcock

Sydney based singer/songwriter Jessica Hitchcock is an up-and-coming performer to keep your eye on.  Her charismatic stage presence and versatile performance sphere draw on over 15 years of musical experience. Jessica is a graduate of the Conservatorium of Music and has studied with renowned vocal coaches Joy Yates and Patricia Ortel, following training with Craig Carnella … Continued