Daniel Wijngaarden

Daniel trained under the guidance of Leanne Donaldson before Graduating with a Diploma in Elite Performing Arts from TNSPA.PRO in 2018. He immediately joined the international Cast of West Side Story which toured throughout 2019 before starting his second contract with Opera Australia on La Traviata in 2020 and 2021. He began his third Australian … Continued

Daniel Assetta

Daniel began his training at GY Dance in Sydney before graduating from ED5International with a Diploma of Performing Arts. Recent credits include the Australian premiere of Book of Mormon (GFO), in which he played the role of Elder Young. Further theatre credits include the role of Rum Tum Tugger in the Australian/New … Continued

Paolo Fantin

Paolo Fantin, born in 1981 in Castelfranco, completed his secondary education at the art institute in Venice. In 2004 he graduated in Stage Design at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and the following year he specialised in set design and stagecraft. In May 2011 he won the prestigious music critics’ prize “Franco Abbiati” … Continued

Jessica Carrascalão Heard

Jessica Carrascalão Heard is a soprano based in Melbourne. She began singing in choirs at an early age, with both Young Voices of Melbourne and Gondwana Voices. She went on to complete a double degree in Arts and Music at Monash University. On stage Jessica has performed several roles in community opera and operetta productions. … Continued

Michael Kupfer-Radecky

In April 2017, Michael Kupfer-Radecky made his successful debut at La Scala as Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. One year before, he was called by the Opera de Paris Bastille to jump in as Hans Sachs in the running production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under the baton of Philippe Jordan. He sang his … Continued

Rebecca Rashleigh

Rebecca is one of Australia’s up and coming Sopranos. Born in Melbourne, Australia she graduated at the Victorian College of the Arts and Music in 2010. At the VCAM, Rebecca played such roles of Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Papagena (The Magic Flute), Belinda, (Dido and Aeneas) and Frasquita (Carmen). Since then Rebecca has performed with … Continued

Tom New

Tom’s performing began at a young age with early theatre credits including Young Patrick in Mame and Louis in The King and I (The Production Company) and TV appearances including Prank Patrol and Thank God You’re Here. Tom completed the Foundation in Music Theatre at VCA before completing his BA in Music Theatre … Continued

Kang Wang

Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang is a quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young lyric tenors in the opera world. He is a former member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera and a finalist in the 2017 Cardiff Singer of the World competition. During the 2018-19 season, Mr. Wang made … Continued

Eleanor Lyons

Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons is the first prize winner of the 2013 International Obraztsova Singing Competition and has performed in Sydney, Tokyo, New York, Europe and Russia. She completed a postgraduate diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music and studied at the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers as well as the Sydney Conservatorium of … Continued

Emma Kingsbury

Emma Kingsbury trained at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Her credits include Atlanta Ballet’s Camino Real (2017), Pennsylvania Ballet’s Tilt (2017), Tulsa Ballet’s Meoal:Among (2017), Oregon Ballet’s Terra (2017), Smuin Ballet’s Oasis (2016), Pinchgut Opera’s Der Rauchfangkehrer (2014), Sydney Chamber Opera’s Ich Habe Genug, L.A Philharmonic’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017). Emma was … Continued