Samuel Dale Johnson

With a voice described by Bachtrack as “gloriously lyrical”, Australian baritone Samuel Dale Johnson has established a reputation as one of the leading young baritones of today. Mr. Johnson is an alumnus of the renowned Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, where his numerous roles included Moralès Carmen, Silvio Pagliacci, Albert … Continued

Siobhan Stagg

Siobhan Stagg was an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 2013-19 where her roles ranged from Pamina Die Zauberflöte to Waldvogel and Woglinde The Ring Cycle. Elsewhere she has sung title role Cendrillon (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Pamina (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin); Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (Covent Garden, … Continued

Bob Scott

Background: born Sydney Australia OA Repertoire: Hamlet, Bliss (Brett Dean) Other Companies: Sound Designer for “The Nightline” with Ros Oades, “The Rites of When” and “Assembly” with Angelica Mesiti, “Hear Here” with Tina Havelock-Stevens,  “The Howling Girls” Damien Ricketson, “Antarctia” Mary Finsterer,  In 2019, Bob was the recipient of Tokyo’s World Festival “Sound Design” award … Continued

Benjamin Carey

Background: Born Sydney, Australia. Studied Sydney Conservatorium of Music/Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud (Saxophone Performance), University of Technology, Sydney (PhD). SCO repertoire: Sound Design for Resonant Bodies Festival, Breaking Glass, Future Remains, earth.voice.body. Other sound design: Zubin Kanga (Dark Twin, Cyborg Pianist, Piano Ex Machina), Ensemble Offspring (Offspring x Xenakis), Ensemble Apex (Come Sweet Death), The Song Company (Fire Featuring Heaven). Solo/Collaborative … Continued

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Background: Born, Melbourne. Studied: The Victorian College of the Arts, The Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts and RMIT. SCO Repertoire: Gilgamesh. Other Companies: The Seagull, Julius Caesar (Sydney Theatre Company); The Almighty Sometimes, Meet Me At Dawn, Bloom, Bernhadt/Hamlet, Girls & Boys, Slap. Bang. Kiss., Admissions, Torch The Place, The Violent Outburst That … Continued

Elizabeth Gadsby

Background: Born, Sydney. Studied Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Bachelor of Dramatic Arts in Design NIDA and Masters of Curation and Cultural Leadership, UNSW. SCO Repertoire: Set & Costume for Antarctica, Awakening Shadow, La Passion de Simone, Fly Away Peter, An Index of Metals. Costumes & Associate Director for The Rape of Lucretia. Other … Continued

Jack Symonds

Background: Born, Sydney. Studied Royal College of Music (London), Sydney Conservatorium. Artistic Director, Sydney Chamber Opera (2014 – present) SCO Repertoire: Into the little hill (Benjamin), Owen Wingrave, The Rape of Lucretia, Canticles (Britten), Passion, O Mensch! (Dusapin), The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček), Exil (Kancheli), …pas à  pas –nulle parte… (Kurtág), The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies), … Continued

Jane Sheldon

Background: Born, Australia. Studied: University of Sydney (BA), Royal Northern College of Music, UK, (Post-graduate Diploma in Opera Performance), Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney (PhD). SCO Repertoire: Exil (Kancheli), An Index of Metals (Romitelli), Notes from Underground (Symonds), Biographica (Finsterer), The Rape of Lucretia (Britten), The Howling Girls (Ricketson), La Passion de Simone (Saariaho), Oscar and … Continued

Jessica O’Donoghue

Background: Born, Sydney. Studied University of Sydney (BMus), Victorian College of the Arts (Post-Graduate Diploma in Opera Studies), Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney (PhD), Young Artist (Opera QLD), Guest Young Artist Jette Parker (Royal Opera House Covent Garden). Co-Artistic Director, The Sony Company. 2021 APRA/AMCOS Art Music awards for ‘Performance of the Year – … Continued

Mitchell Riley

Background : Born, Sydney. Studied Sydney Conservatorium, École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, as well as clown (Hervé Langlois, Vincent Rouche) and puppetry (Compagnie Philippe Genty, La Nef and Les Anges au Plafond). Repertoire : Notes from Underground, I Have Had Enough, Through the Gates, The Lighthouse, Climbing Toward Midnight, Mayakovsky, …pas à  pas –nulle parte…, Fly Away Peter, Victory Over the Sun, Passion, O Mensch!, The Shape … Continued