Frankie grew up in Alice Springs and is a VCA (Australia) alumnae (2008). Since graduating Frankie has collaborated and danced with Gideon Obarzanek’s Chunky Move, Brooke Stamp, Martin Del Amo, Adam Wheeler, Neil Armfield and Kate Champion for Opera Australia and Sara Black. Independently, Frankie has choreographed and performed in With the Lot (Lucy Guerin … Continued
Winner of eight Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, New York City’s Handel Medallion and numerous other honors, Oliver Smith (1918-1994) was the twentieth century’s most decorated American set designer. His scenic designs for musical comedy spanned a golden age on Broadway from the 40s through the 70s, including My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly!, West Side … Continued
Moritz Junge’s opera and ballet work includes designing the costumes for: Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci (Metropolitan Opera, New York), Les Troyens, Aida and The Tempest (The Royal Opera), Don Carlo (Bolshoi), L’Anatomie de la sensation (Paris Opera Ballet), Outlier (New York City Ballet), Daphne (La Monnaie, Brussels), Messiah (English National Opera, Opéra de Lyon), Dyad 1929 (Australian Ballet), Renature (NDT) and La Cenerentola (Glyndebourne). For The Royal Ballet his work includes Woolf Works, Live Fire Exercise, Limen, Infra (also Joffrey Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet) and Chroma (also Alvin Ailey, Boston Ballet, … Continued
“Alleaume’s luxurious soprano is a treasure to hear” – Arts Review Australian-Mauritian Soprano Stacey Alleaume has established herself as one of Australia’s most accomplished performers. Engagements include critically acclaimed Gilda Rigoletto at the Bregenzer Festspiele, Amina La Sonnambula, the title roles Lucia di Lammermoor and Beatrice di Tenda with Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Violetta Valéry … Continued
Walter Fraccaro is a regular guest of the most prestigious Italian and international theatres. His vast repertoire includes between the greatest Verdian roles: Radames in Aida, Stiffelio, Foresto in Attila, Gabriele in Simon Boccanegra, Macduff in Macbeth, Alvaro in Forza del Destino, Don Carlo, Rodolfo in Luisa Miller, Manrico in Trovatore but also roles as … Continued
Adelaide-born Janet Vernon studied at The Australian Ballet School and has danced with The Australian Ballet, Ballets Félix Blaska (France) and Sydney Dance Company. In 1976 she was appointed, along with Graeme Murphy, to the artistic helm of Sydney Dance Company, where they remained for 31 years. Graeme created roles for Janet including: Shéhérazade, Daphnis and … Continued
Josh Gates started his career understudying the role of a young Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, starring Hugh Jackman. He then performed the title role of Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical in Melbourne and Sydney, which won him a Green Room Award for Best Actor in a Musical and an Australian Dance Award. After graduating from … Continued
Soprano Martina Serafin was born in Vienna and studied at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien. Between 1995 and 2000 she was member of the ensemble of the Grazer Oper. Guest appearances soon led her to the world's most renowned opera stages, for example to La Scala in Milan, to the Royal Opera … Continued
Dragana Radakovic was born in Novi Sad (the Republic of Serbia). She graduated and received her master’s degree from two departments at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade: Vocal Arts in the class of Professor Radmila Bakočević and Conducting in the class of Professor Stanko Šepić. She continued her professional development in Italy by attending master … Continued
Georgina is best known for her performance as Mother in Ragtime (TPC), for which she won a 2020 Green Room Award for Best Performer in a Lead Role. In 2021, Georgina played Gussie in Merrily We Roll Along (Hayes/Luckiest Productions), and was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. … Continued