Bonita has been a permanent member of the Opera Australia Orchestra since 2016, as Tutti and a seasonal Acting Principal. She is a highly qualified professional double bassist and teacher. Bonita holds degrees from prestigious performing arts institutions. She was awarded a full scholarship to complete her Master of Music (Performance) from Boston University, College … Continued
Constantine Costi is an award-winning director and writer working across opera and film. He was co-Artistic Director of Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz Theatre 2020 – 2023 and was Artistic Director Advisor for The Lysicrates Foundation. Engagements in 2024 have included Pierrot Lunaire for the Berlin Philharmonic, Il Tabarro for Sydney Festival set … Continued
Will Farmer holds the position of Tutti Trombone in the Opera Australia Orchestra, having first joined the orchestra in 1986. Will started his musical studies at the age of fourteen and under the tutelage of Robert Clark went on to complete a Bachelor of Music Education at Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. Fun fact: Will loves ABBA!
Amanda Murphy holds the position of Tutti Viola in the Opera Australia Orchestra. Amanda Murphy began her musical studies with Joy Lee at ten years of age on the violin, but soon changed to viola, preferring its sound. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium High School and Conservatorium of Music with Winifred Durie. Amanda joined the … Continued
Pier Giorgio Morandi was the Principal Oboist for the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan for ten years. He studied composition at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and conducting at Salzburg Mozarteum with Ferdinand Leitner. During the years spent at La Scala, Morandi was Riccardo Muti’s and later Guiseppe Patanè’s Assistant Conductor, from whom he … Continued
A graduate of the George Enescu Conservatory, Romania, Catalin also studied in Germany and has toured Europe extensively with the Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra. Catalin was also 2nd prize winner in the Golden Lyra Award, Romania and in Usti nad Orlici, Czechoslovakia and was awarded the Special Prize for his performance in Subiaco, Italy. He has … Continued
Tony Gault holds the position of Principal Violin in the Opera Australia Orchestra. Some of Tony’s highlights while working in the orchestra are performing Jenufa with Sir Charles Mackerras, Il Trittico with Carlo Felice Cillario and The Love for Three Oranges with Richard Hickox CBE. Fun fact: An interesting fact that Tony has always found funny was that … Continued
Timothy is a bass originally from Queensland. In 2017, he performed The Ambassador in Respighi’s The Sleeping Beauty (Victorian Opera), Alessio in La Sonnambula (Victorian Opera) and Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah (Opera New England), among other concert engagements, including Opera in the Park in Melbourne’s Victoria Gardens and Christus in the St John Passion at St John’s East Malvern, … Continued
Argentine tenor Marcelo Puente is rapidly gaining recognition as an important lirico-spinto tenor at such theatres as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Stuttgart, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Canadian Opera Company, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, State Opera Prague, and several … Continued
Born in Ottawa, Canada, he studied English and Drama at the universities of Toronto and London. He is a Staff Director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has worked extensively in Britain and Europe. He has directed major revivals for The Royal Opera (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Macbeth on tour to Japan, Fidelio, Un … Continued