Isabel studied violin at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music with John Glickman and Christopher Martin and played in various chamber music groups including the Melbourne Musicians, Melbourne Chamber Ensemble and Astra Chamber Orchestra. She became a member of the Elizabethan Trust Orchestra and moved to Sydney to join the Sydney Trust Orchestra. She then joined the Australian Chamber Orchestra and played with them … Continued

Phoebe Masel is a violinist and teacher based in Nipaluna/Hobart. She graduated from the Australian National Academy of Music in 2021, and the University of Queensland in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music and the University Medal. Phoebe is a casual violinist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Melbourne … Continued

Matt is one of Australia’s leading lighting designers with 30 years’ experience in the industry designing more than 350 productions for Theatre, Opera, Dance and Musical Theatre. Based in Melbourne he has worked both nationally and internationally with a diverse list of companies and producers. Designs for Opera Australia include Candide, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Rigoletto, La Sonnambula, Aida (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour), La … Continued

Nick is a graduate of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre. Recently he played the role of Danny in the world premiere of The Drover’s Wife-The Opera at QPAC. During his studies, Nick’s performance credits include Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde (dir. Alister Smith), Bobby Strong in Urinetown (dir. Penny Farrow), Captain MacHeath in The Threepenny Opera (dir. Penny … Continued

Dominic Longhurst is Principal Trumpet of Opera Australia. Born and raised in Sydney, he has built a distinguished career as a performer, conductor and educator, bringing to the company broad experience developed across Australia and the United Kingdom. Dominic graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where he … Continued

Natalie Wong was appointed Principal Harp of the Opera Australia Orchestra in 2025, having appeared regularly as a guest since 2012. She has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles in Australia and abroad, including the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera Lab Berlin, and served as Acting … Continued

Nathaniel Parker most recently completed a role in the second series of PBS’s Maigret and performing An Evening of TS Eliot as well as featuring in the 2025 film Desperate Journey and the TV mini-series 12 Dates ‘Til Christmas. Nathaniel also recently played opposite Siân Phillips in Summer 1954, a pair of Terence Rattigan one-act … Continued