New Zealand Tenor Jonathan Abernethy has established himself as a vibrant and upcoming operatic artist, his most recent accolades being named a HSBC 2015 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Laureate and winner of the Australian Opera Awards. He currently performs as a Principal Artist with Opera Australia. Upon finishing his time as a Young Artist with Opera Australia … Continued
Armenian-Australian soprano Natalie Aroyan holds a Postgraduate Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a double-degree in Business and I.T. from the Australian Catholic University. She is a winner of the Opera Foundation New York Competition, Herald Sun Aria, and the Italian Opera Foundation Award, studying at Mannes College, New York and … Continued
Anna Dowsley’s recent operatic engagements include Sister Helen (Dead Man Walking, Landestheater Detmold), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Frankfurt), Dorabella (Così fan tutte, Opera Queensland), Adalgisa (Norma, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa), Olga (Eugene Onegin, Opera Frankfurt), Carmen (Carmen, Staatstheater Nürnberg) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni, Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari). Anna toured nationally with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as guest soloist on … Continued
Korean born Yonghoon Lee has established himself internationally as a leading tenor of his generation. He has made debuts at most of the most prestigious theatres in the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Frankfurt Opera, Opera Covent Garden, Rome Opera, Vienna State Opera, Semper … Continued
Australian mezzo soprano Victoria Lambourn studied piano, cello, singing and composition at the Queensland Conservatorium Music School before studying singing at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK), graduating with a Bachelor of Music (Honours), Postgraduate Diploma in Performance and Master of Music Performance. She performed her first operatic role at the age of 15 … Continued
A Helpmann Award-winning artist, Warwick Fyfe is considered one of Australia’s finest baritones. In 2023, he returned to Opera Australia as Amonasro (Aida) and Alberich (Der Ring des Nibelungen), to Melbourne Opera as Wotan/The Wanderer in their landmark Ring Cycle and was soloist with the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. 2024 appearances included Scarpia … Continued
One of Australia’s most versatile performing artists, Todd McKenney is an award winning and critically acclaimed performer on stage and screen. As an actor and the leading man of song and dance in musical theatre productions, he has entertained Australians for over 30 years from the main stage to intimate venues. Todd has led the … Continued
Tobias Cole is one of Australia’s most successful countertenors, having performed throughout Australia, New Zealand, the UK and USA. After winning the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Study Award, Tobias made his U.S. debut in 2004 playing Ottone (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), returning to sing Apollo (Death in Venice) and Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) all for the Chicago … Continued
Terje Stensvold has been singing since his childhood, when he was a member of the renowned ‘Solvguttene’ boys choir in Oslo. He studied in Norway, London, Berlin and Budapest on a five-year Wallenberg Scholarship. From 1972 to 1999 he was a member of the Norwegian National Opera performing over eighty diverse roles including Papageno (Die … Continued
Teddy has rapidly established an international career on both the opera stage and concert platform. He has performed with the opera companies of San Francisco, Austin, Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, Cincinnati, Houston, New York, the Hamburg Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper/Munich, Theatre du Chatelet/Paris, in Vienna, Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera. Recent seasons include Escamillo (Hamburg, Théatre … Continued