Ferruccio Furlanetto’s international career began as King Philip II in Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Salzburg Easter Festival with Herbert von Karajan in 1986. He has collaborated with all leading orchestras and conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Daniel … Continued

Lucas Jervies is a freelance choreographer and director who has created dance and/or theatre works for Griffin Theatre Company, Hermès, Buzz Dance Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company Pre Professional Year, Expressions Dance Company, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, JACK Productions, Korzo Theatre Den Haag, Milwaukee Ballet, Noverre Society Stuttgart Ballet, … Continued

The Russian Soprano Victoria Yastrebova is currently a principal of the Mariinsky Theatre. Victoria has appeared at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Opera Leipzig, Aalto Theater Essen, Barbican Centre London, Millennium Centre Cardiff, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Opera du Capitole Toulouse Savonlinna opera … Continued

Lally Katz has an original voice and writes for theatre, film and television. In 2013 Lally’s one-woman show, Stories I Want To Tell You In Person, played to packed audiences at Belvoir and Malthouse Theatres.  Lally’s work for television includes adult one-hour dramas Wonderland, Wentworth and Spirited and children’s series The Elephant Princess. Starchaser, a … Continued

Born in Melbourne, Suzie began performing at an early age with Barbara Lynch and furthered her training full-time with Robert Sturrock. Now a graduate of WAAPA, her credits include playing Anita in West Side Story, Dance Captain/Placard Girl in Reefer Madness, The Pearl Lady in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Ensemble for Hair and Merrily We … Continued

Melbourne Soprano Janet Todd completed her Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University in 2009. While studying, Janet performed numerous roles in concert, including Galatea (Acis and Galatea), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas) and Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). She also sang regularly as a soloist with the VCA Orchestra in Bach … Continued

A veteran of almost 5,000 performances in over 120 operas, baritone Robert Mitchell first sang with Opera Australia at the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973. Now in his 43rd year with OA, although Robert has relinquished his chorus responsibilities, he continues to add to the long list of principal roles he has … Continued

John graduated from the National Drama School in Melbourne in 1988, before graduating from the directors’ course at NIDA in 2002. In August 2010 John became the Artistic Director at Barking Gecko Theatre Company. John has a notable career working with some of Australia’s most respected theatre companies. For WAAPA John has directed Richard III, … Continued

Opera Australia and David Frost’s production of Anything Goes is Mason’s second professional theatre show, having debuted in David Atkins’ 2013 anniversary tour of Hot Shoe Shuffle as the role of the youngest brother Slide. Mason began dancing at the age of three at Loraine Mead Dancers, and then furthered his training … Continued

In 2021, Kathryn Radcliffe sang Leila in Victorian opera’s production of The Pearl Fishers. For VO, she also performed The Blue Fairy in Respighi’s Sleeping Beauty and Echo in Kevin March’s new opera Echo and Narcissus. In 2022, she appeared in Elektra for VO and was soprano soloist in Melbourne Symphony’s Messiah and Melbourne Bach … Continued