Mezzo soprano Shakira Tsindos holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours degree from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. In 2016, Shakira was a Developing Artist with Victorian Opera, the recipient of the Joseph Sambrook Opera Scholarship with the Melba Opera Trust and a finalist in the Opera Scholars Australia (OSA) Scholar of the Year competition. … Continued
A proud graduate of ED5International, Simon has credits across Australia, Singapore, Japan, and the UK. Performing alongside Tina Arena in the re-staging of Hal Prince’s production of Evita at the Sydney Opera House, Simon featured in Opera Australia’s premiere of The Nose, a Dmitri Shostakovich opera directed by Barrie Kosky. Simon toured in acclaimed contemporary hip-hop production If You … Continued
From 2015 to 2017, Davide Livermore (Turin, 1966) was the manager-artistic director of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. He has forged his outstanding 22 year career both on the main stages of Europe and at theatres in his native country Italy, during which time he has been stage director, stage designer, wardrobe and … Continued
Sharon is a China-born Australian and Italian soprano. In 2018 she made her first appearance with Opera Australia in the title role for their touring production Madama Butterfly as Cio-Cio-San. In 2019 she repeated the same role in the same opera for Australia’s touring production. In 2019/2020 seasons, she debuted the role of Frasquita in … Continued
Priscilla is a director of theatre and opera, whose background in theatre-making and acting has informed her work in both the UK and Sydney. For Sydney Theatre Company, Priscilla directed the award winning production of White Pearl, by Anchuli Felicia King, which won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Ensemble in 2019, and will open … Continued
John Doyle is a Scottish stage director of musicals, plays and operas. Trained at the University of Georgia in the United States, Doyle was the associate director of the Watermill Theatre in Berkshire, England until 2008. From his work there he has become known for his unusual approach to musical theatre, often featuring casts who … Continued
Romanian Soprano Iulia Maria Dan graduated from the National University of Music in Bucharest as a student of Maria Slatinaru-Nistor. In 2011, she became a member of the Opernstudio of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where she was also a member of the Ensemble. In August of 2015, Ms. Dan became a member of the … Continued
Following a four-year engagement as Assistent Generalmusikdirektor at the Volksoper Wien and a seven year tenure as Erster Kapellmeister at the Luzerner Theater, Warwick Stengårds is an Australian/Swedish freelance conductor based in Vienna. In Europe and Australia, Stengårds has studied with such notable conductors as Peter Eötvös, Vittorio Parisi, Ronald Zollman, Robert Rosen and Vladimir … Continued
Alexis van Maanen is a versatile music theatre performer and vocalist, trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (BFA Music Theatre). Her stage credits include; Evita (Mistress, GFO & Opera Australia), Cinderella (Ensemble, U/S Gabrielle & Fairy Godmother, Opera Australia & Crossroads Live) and The Hello Girls (Grace & Suzanne standby, Hayes Theatre). Screen … Continued
Adelaide born Shane Placentino graduated from The Australian Ballet School in 1990 and was accepted into the Australian Ballet in 1991. As a member of the Ballet, Shane danced in the entire classical and contemporary repertoire. He also worked with Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon appearing in Murphy’s Nutcracker and Beyond Twelve. After ten years … Continued