Giancarlo del Monaco, a world renowned stage director known also as the son of the famous tenor Mario del Monaco, has directed operas on the world’s most prestigious stages. Always focused on every detail, his work is ravishing, powerful, and insightful. Growing up with his ingenious father who performed with the greatest conductors of all … Continued
Roxane Hislop is one of Australia’s most respected and accomplished mezzo sopranos. Miss Hislop is a graduate of Sydney University, the NSW Conservatorium of Music, and holds a Masters Degree in Arts Administration from RMIT University in Melbourne. Her awards include the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, the inaugural AIMS Scholarship, the Dame Mabel Brooks … Continued
Jermaine Chau, mezzo-soprano, a recent graduate of the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Summer School in Brisbane, studied opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she took on the role as a sassy aunt Fidalma in Cimarosa’s comic opera Il Segreto Matrimonio. In 2014, she has taken the lead role in Menotti’s Old Maid and … Continued
Critically acclaimed for his profound and deeply musical interpretations of the most demanding repertoire, both opera and symphonic, Pinchas Steinberg is one of the leading conductors performing today. He has distinguished himself for many years as a regular guest of the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout Europe, and in the United States. … Continued
Born in Canberra, Christopher Lincoln Bogg sang his first solo parts as a boy soprano. After study at the Victorian College of the Arts with Dame Joan Hammond, he won the Bond Family Scholarship for Tenors; it was receiving the German Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia which took him to Germany … Continued
Guy Simpson has been working as a Conductor, Orchestrator, Musical Director and Musical Supervisor for 47 years. He has worked on The Phantom of the Opera for 36 years in Australia, Auckland, Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Brazil, Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing and Seoul. He’s thrilled to begin the 40th anniversary … Continued
For the past 40 years David Walters has worked as a professional Lighting Designer in Iceland and Australia. His work experience spans lighting designs for opera, theatre, ballet, dance, puppetry, circus, exhibitions, major events and architectural installations. From 1978 to 1986 David worked as a freelance lighting designer in Iceland where he is recognised as … Continued
Kate Maree graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2000, was immediately cast to understudy the lead role of Sophie in the original Australian cast of Mamma Mia!. She has been in countless shows since, with her most memorable role being Scaramouche in the worldwide musical hit We Will Rock You, … Continued
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