As an associate designer for Cameron Mackintosh, David has delivered The Phantom of the Opera at the Sydney Opera House, Miss Saigon in Vienna, Old Friends – the Stephen Sondheim Gala in the West End, Oliver! in Tokyo and The Phantom of the Opera and the Les Misérables Staged Concert in the West End, The … Continued
Originally from South Australia, soprano Karina Bailey has been working with Opera Australia in Sydney since January 2021. She has played the roles of Tisbe and Angelina in the company’s NSW 2022 schools touring production of Cinderella. Karina completed her Master of Music (Opera School) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of … Continued
Nicholas Hammond was first discovered by legendary British director Peter Brook who cast him in the cult classic film Lord of the Flies. Since then, Nicholas has worked constantly in film, on stage, and in television for over fifty years. He has starred on Broadway, had his own prime time television series on CBS, and … Continued
Originally from Hobart, Tasmania, Sarah graduated from Ettingshausens Pro in Sydney in 2017. She won a scholarship to train at Broadway Dance Centre in New York which she undertook after returning from a 10 month contract performing aboard Royal Caribbean International cruise liners. Sarah made her professional Musical Theatre debut in 2021 in An American … Continued
A renowed conductor in both operatic and symphonic fields, Asher Fisch is especially celebrated for his interpretative command of core German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era, in particular Wagner, Brahms, Strauss, and Verdi. Mr. Fisch also conducts a wide variety of other repertoire from Gluck to contemporary works, and serves as an … Continued
Among Timo’s 2022/2023 season highlights is Veit Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, debut as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier at Prague National Theatrestaged by Andreas Homoki, a return to Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden with Baron Ochs, Verdi Requiem at the Finnish National Opera, debut at the Royal Opera House as Priest … Continued
Saioa Hernández has recently excelled in the international operatic circuit as a new opera star since her debut in the opening season at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Odabella (Giuseppe Verdi’s Attila) the prestigious December 7th conducted by Maestro Riccardo Chailly and stage director Davide Livermore, international live broadcast on cinemas and world … Continued
Ernesto Petti was born in 1986 in Salerno. He graduated from the Accademia di Alto Perfezionamento Torre del Lago Puccini. He was a member of the Centre Perfeccionamento Placido Domingo at Palau de les Arts in Valencia. He made his early debut as ‘Eagro’ in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Festival Valle d’Itria in … Continued
Roberta Mantegna was born in Palermo in 1988; from the age of 8 she takes part at the seasons of the Teatro Massimo in the children’s choir. She graduated in piano in 2009 and in opera singing in 2010 at the Conservatory “V. Bellini” in Palermo. She gets the two years of opera singing training … Continued
Iván Ayón Rivas was born in 1993 in Perù. He studied opera under the tutelage of María Eloisa Aguirre at the National Conservatory of Music of Perù. He pursued his studies with Juan Diego Florez, Ernesto Palacio, Vincenzo Scalera, Maurizio Colaccichi and Luigi Alva. He is currently studying in Italy with baritone Roberto Servile. In … Continued