Catherine Foster is one of today’s leading sopranos, internationally acclaimed for her Wagner interpretations. She is regarded as one of the most significant artists of the past decade at the Bayreuth Festival, where she has sung Brünnhilde and Isolde. She began her career as Queen of the Night with Welsh National Opera and English National … Continued
Born in Dresden, Michael Güttler began his international career by conducting Parsifal at Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, then he became a guest conductor at many of the world’s leading theatres and orchestras, including Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Washington National Opera, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Teatro alla Scala in Milan. … Continued
Jessica is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She was a 2024/2025 Wesfarmers Arts Young Artist with West Australian Opera (WAO) and sings Violetta in their 2026 season of La traviata. Jessica makes her début with Opera Australia later this year – details of which to … Continued
Ariel is a Sydney based West Australian violist who loves exploring exciting new musical vistas. In 2025, Ariel was the viola fellow of the Sydney Symphony Fellowship program. She trained at the Australian National Academy of Music from 2021-23, during which she performed with the Australian String Quartet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony … Continued
Rena has recently completed her Bachelor of Music Performance (Honours) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of Julian Smiles and Georg Pedersen. She was winner of Balmain Sinfonia’s 2025 Concerto Competition as well as Sydney Concert Orchestra’s 2024 Concerto Competition, allowing her to perform as a soloist with both orchestras last year. … Continued
Alexandra has recently completed her Bachelor of Music Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the guidance of Alex Henery. During her studies she was awarded the Michael Bannigan Scholarship for Double Bass and the Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance for 2024. Growing up in Adelaide, she began her musical journey at … Continued
Crystal Jia Gu began studying the violin at the age of five. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Violin Performance at the University of Sydney, where she studied with Goetz Richter, Janet Davis, and Timothy Kantor. She has also undertaken violin studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under He Xian. As a … Continued
Fiona Qiu was the First Prize and Audience Choice winner of the 23rd Kendall National Violin Competition and a 2025 Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist. She has served as Concertmaster for the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp and the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) and toured with the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2019. In … Continued
Originally from Perth, Patrick studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) where he completed his Bachelor in Music Theatre after finishing his Diploma of Musical Theatre the year prior. In 2024/2025 he made his professional theatre debut in Sister Act the Musical as an ensemble/cover. He most recently partook in a new … Continued
Ruby is an eleven-year-old performer who is thrilled to be making her musical theatre debut as Little Anastasia. She trains at Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy in their elite training program where she studies Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz and Acrobatics. She is excited to be going on pointe this year in ballet. Ruby’s other passion … Continued