Silvia Beltrami is a mezzo-soprano with a vocation for Verdi and in this repertoire she has enjoyed great success in prestigious theatres, both in Italy and abroad, with such roles as Azucena in Il trovatore, Amneris in Aida, Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Eboli in Don Carlo. Highlights of her career include Un ballo … Continued

Born in 1987 in Radolfzell am Bodensee (Germany), Nikolas Maximilian Nägele graduated in conducting, piano and clarinet from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich and Leipzig and he was a prize winner of James Conlon Conducting Prize in 2012 and of Aspen Festival Conducting Prize in 2013. From 2017 to 2020 he has been Kapellmeister … Continued

Operalia Award winner Ștefan Pop is one of today’s tenors in international demand, especially in the Italian repertoire. He performs at major opera houses such as Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Berlin State Opera, Dresden Semperoper, Opéra de Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera House, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro dell’ Opera … Continued

Australian tenor Alasdair Kent is known for “his evenly produced tenor, refined technique and intense expressiveness,” (Opera News) a voice “of great clarity, and of beautiful projection,” (Opera Online) and for marrying “striking good looks with delicious sound.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) An internationally-acclaimed interpreter of Rossini and Mozart, his high tenor repertoire also encompasses the Romantic … Continued

Born in Sassari in 1989, he studied singing with Raina Kabaivanska in Modena and he made his debut in 2007 as Malcolm in Macbeth at Teatro Comunale Bologna conducted by Roberto Abbado, and staged by Bob Wilson. He immediately made his debuts mostly as Alfredo in Traviata (Rome Opera, Erl Festival, La Fenice, Florence, Prague, … Continued

Winner of both the Regency Prize and AM Parker award for excellence; Jake Bigwood graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, London, with a Masters’ level distinction alongside an honorary Diploma for excellence. Upon his return to Australia, Jake joined West Australian Opera as a Bendat scholar and Wesfarmer’s Arts Young Artist with whom he … Continued

Australian-Hungarian soprano Eden Shifroni is quickly establishing herself as one of Australia’s leading young singers, winning the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition and receiving its most prestigious award, the Marianne Mathy Scholarship. In 2025, she received Melba Opera Trust’s Alastair Jackson International Opera Award. Operatic highlights include Pamina in The Magic Flute at the … Continued

James is a recipient of the Brian Stacey Emerging Conductors Award, the first graduate of the University of Adelaide’s Orchestral Conducting Master’s Degree, and winner of the Edouard Toldrà Conducting Competition in Spain. James worked as a conductor at the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and was invited to conduct at the Impuls Festival, leading premieres … Continued

Winner of the prestigious Voci Verdiane, Callas and Luciano Pavarotti competitions, Anna Caterina Antonacci has enjoyed an international career spanning the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. She has been honoured with the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur by the French Republic, the country’s highest national distinction, and in … Continued

Born in Tbilisi (Georgia), after studying journalism, she graduated with full marks in her home town’s Conservatory. She has been awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence, one of the top distinctions of the Republic of Georgia for her contribution to culture and promotion of Georgian cause in the world; she has been decorated Cavaliere della Stella … Continued