Karen is thrilled to be returning to My Fair Lady as Director after being Associate Director to Julie Andrews in 2016 for the 60th Anniversary. Karen began her professional career at the age of 15 in Anything Goes starring Toni Lamond. As a performer, Karen played Cassie in the original Australian production of A Chorus … Continued
Tenor Yosep Kang has recently won acclaim in important theatres throughout Europe. He made his Vienna State Opera debut in 2014 as Rodolfo in La Boheme opposite Angela Gheorghiu and has returned there in the title role of Offenbach’s Les Contes D’Hoffmann in May of 2014. He has been heard at the Bavarian State Opera … Continued
Since graduating from Brent Street School of Performing Arts in 2004, James Maxfield has performed in numerous productions including Wicked, King Kong, Grease – The Arena Spectacular, The Boy From Oz, Sweet Charity, Miss Saigon, Alcina, Carmen, A Chorus Line, The Rocky Horror Show, the Australian tour of Dirty Dancing and very recently Xanadu at Hayes Theatre. As a … Continued
Julie Lea Goodwin is a principal soprano with Opera Australia. In 2019, she featured as Maria in the outdoor production of West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. For Opera Australia, she revisited the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and sang Madama Cortese in Il viaggio a Reims. … Continued
One of the brightest stars of the younger generation of conductors, Rory Macdonald’s career was launched following assisting roles with Ivan Fischer, Mark Elder and Antonio Pappano. Equally at home on the concert platform and in the opera house, he draws out distinctive interpretations of classical and romantic repertoire, and brings passion and intellectual insight … Continued
The American bass-baritone, Greer Grimsley is recognized internationally as an outstanding dramatic artist. He has established a remarkable international career, performing regularly on the world's most prestigious concert stages and opera houses including Metropolitan, San Diego Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Baltimore Opera, Canadian … Continued
One of the last representative of the Italian school of great artists such as Ezio Pinza and Cesare Siepi, Roberto Scandiuzzi is considered today one of the world’s most appreciated basses. At 24 he made his company debut at Teatro alla Scala, in Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Riccardo Muti. After his acclaimed performance … Continued
Jessica is a Masters graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she studied with Lillian Watson. She has performed regularly with the Opera Australia Chorus, and made her Opera Australia debut as Barbarina in 2012 (The Marriage of Figaro) as well as touring as Zerlina (Don … Continued
Rodula is an Athens born, Paris trained, London based international opera director. Recent productions include: Vanessa (Barber) for Wexford Festival Opera; Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) for Opera Holland Park in London; Cenerentola (Rossini) for Teatro Verdi di Trieste; Tosca for the Xi’an Concert Hall in China; Cosi fan tutte (Mozart) and Cenerentola (Rossini) for the … Continued
Iain Grandage composes, conducts and performs. He has received the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, the Ian Potter Emerging Composer Fellowship, and been Composer-in-Residence with the WA Symphony Orchestra, and Musician-in-Residence at the UWA School of Music, where he is currently an Honorary Research Fellow. As music director, he has won Helpmann Awards for … Continued