Lewis Francis

While completing his Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Auckland (majoring in Marketing and Commercial Law) Lewis trained extensively with Frances Wilson Fitzgerald at the Auckland Opera Studio. He was then successful in becoming member of the New Zeland Opera freemasons chorus from 2015 – 2017. In 2015 Lewis won the presidents cup for … Continued

Edward Smith

Edward Smith was born in Camden, NSW, and developed a love for classical ballet at an early age. At 16, Edward was accepted into the Australian Ballet School where he trained for three years before joining the Australian Ballet in 2016. There, he performed corps de ballet and soloist roles in works by Christopher Wheeldon, … Continued

Emma McFarlane

Emma discovered her love for performing at Footworks Dance Academy before training at the Australian Ballet School where she graduated as dux of the school. The following year she joined the Australian Ballet company where she performed in all the major classical ballets including Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake, Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker, Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s … Continued

Elisha Zion Lee

Based in Melbourne with Indonesian and Korean heritage, Elisha made her professional debut as a child actor in The King & I for the Production Company, as Princess Ying Lao Lak. She first discovered her love for ballet studying under Kate Reilly. Ever eager to grow as an artist, Elisha undertook full-time dance & musical … Continued

Christina Gibbs

Christina trained at the Tanya Pearson Academy in Sydney and English National Ballet School London. Her performance credits include the Ballet Ensemble in The Phantom of the Opera, corps de ballet in Les Vêpres Siciliennes (The Royal Opera House London), the Johann Strauss Gala UK and international tour. She was company artist with New English … Continued

Claudia Hastings

Claudia began her ballet training in Arizona at the Yen Li Chen Ballet School before moving to Australia at 15 where she completed full-time studies at Queensland National Ballet and Ev and Bow, culminating in the opportunity to perform with The Royal Ballet in Brisbane. Claudia has worked with Opera Australia since 2018 performing in; … Continued

Laura Bianchi-Bishop

Laura Bianchi-Bishop is a classically trained ballet dancer born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Laura trained at Tanya Pearsons Academy in Sydney before travelling overseas to complete her training at the Dutch National Ballet Academy. She has performed with the Sydney City Youth Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Introdans Neoclassical Company, Queensland Ballet, Teatro de la Scala and … Continued

Lachlan O’Brien

Lachlan is an actor and musician based in Sydney. He studies voice under the direction of Peter Bodnar and most recently appeared as the Auctioneer, Monsieur Reyer and Raoul understudy in The Phantom of the Opera for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia). He originated the role of Aziraphale in Good Omens (Squabbalogic/Merrigong Theatre) … Continued

Gavin Brown

Gavin Brown is a graduate of The Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he received a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and Master of Music (Opera Performance). He recently performed in Opera Australia’s Turandot (2022) and Aida (2021) as a part of the chorus. 2019 saw him in New York performing the roles of Tamino in Die … Continued

Aaron Lynch

Originally from rural Victoria, Aaron began dancing at age five. Later he studied at Triple Threat Performing Arts. His professional musical theatre debut was in 2014 playing George in Cats (RUG). Touring throughout Asia between 2015 – 2021 Aaron played and reprised the role of Coricopat in Cats. Other credits include; Magnormos (Pippin), the Dubai … Continued