Tuba player Thomas Allely hails from Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. Thomas completed his undergraduate degree at Victoria University Wellington, and his postgraduate study in Australia with Steve Rosse of the Sydney Symphony, and also at DePaul University, Chicago, with Floyd Cooley of the San Francisco Symphony. Having previously held positions with the Wellington Sinfonia, Central … Continued
Imara Savage is a director and dramaturg with a cross disciplinary practice, working across opera, ballet, film, installation, theatre & performance art in both the Australian and international festival market and within State theatre companies. She is the currently undertaking a creative residency with Sydney Chamber Opera focusing on the creation of new work alongside … Continued
Tim Munro is a Brisbane-based, triple-Grammy-winning musician. As flautist, writer, broadcaster, and teacher, he treats audiences as equals, welcoming them into musical worlds with passion, intelligence and humor. He is Associate Professor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia. Tim was the flautist and co-Artistic Director of Eighth Blackbird from 2006-2015. He … Continued
Scottish-born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with classical accordion pioneer Mogens Ellegaard and was awarded the Carl Nielsen Music Prize, Denmark in 1991. He was professor of classical accordion at the Royal Danish Academy of … Continued
Baritone Duncan Rock studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently at the National Opera Studio, London. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Duncan grew up in Perth, Western Australia where is studied Law before pursuing singing. Fast establishing himself as an outstanding young singer and performer, recent engagements have included Schaunard La Boheme … Continued
Winner of the Rising Talent award at the 2022 International Opera Awards, Nardus Williams has established herself as one of the most exciting and versatile young British singers of her generation. This season, Williams makes her debut at Boston Lyric Opera as Leontine Anonymous Lover, a return to Opéra de Rouen Normandie for concert performances … Continued
New Zealand-raised tenor of Tongan heritage Filipe Manu is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most compelling tenors of his generation. In 2024, he became the first singer from the Pacific and Australasia to win the prestigious Tenor Viñas International Singing Competition. A graduate of the esteemed Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the … Continued
Background: Born United Kingdom, Studied St John’s College, Cambridge; Royal Academy of Music, London OA repertoire: N/A Other Companies: Peter Grimes/Peter Grimes (Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York); Hamlet/Hamlet (Glyndebourne, Metropolitan Opera, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich), David/ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich; Jake/The … Continued
London-based Australian soprano Alexandra Oomens is a Harewood Artist with English National Opera. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy Opera Programme at the Royal Academy of Music, and an alumna of the Georg Solti Accademia, where she worked with Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge. In the 2023-2024 season Alexandra will … Continued
Countertenor Russell Harcourt, a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music London, an Associate of the Jette Parker Young Artists’ Program, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Alumnus of the Britten–Pears Young Artist Program. Russell’s recent and upcoming engagements include the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo (West Australian Opera), … Continued