Benjamin Carey

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Eugene Lynch

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Eugene Lynch is a director of theatre and opera.  Most recently, Eugene directed Georg Kaiser’s From Morning to Midnight (The Other Theatre), Beckett’s Not I.  Eugene is currently a 2024 Young Artist with Opera Queensland.   Upcoming engagements include The Pigeons (The Other Theatre / KXT on Broadway). Eugene is also currently developing a project for Pinchgut Opera. Eugene is currently developing … Continued

Timothy Murray

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Timothy Murray joined the Opera Australia Orchestra as Principal Contrabassoon in 2023. He previously held the position of Principal Contrabassoon with Orchestra Victoria since 2015. Timothy studied at the Conservatorium High School before completing a Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of Andrew Barnes. During the last year of … Continued

Amanda Chen

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Amanda started playing the violin at the age of seven in group lessons with her friends. She went on to study with Roger Hua and Professor Peter Zhang before becoming a student of Associate Professor Alice Waten, her primary musical mentor for many years. She attained scholarships to complete her Bachelor of Music in 2019 … Continued