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
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
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
Helpmann Award-winning soprano Taryn Fiebig was one of Australia most popular and versatile artists. In 2017, she sang Musetta (La bohème) for Opera Australia; Michal (Saul) for the Adelaide Festival; major roles in Pinchgut Opera’s Triple Bill and the title role in The Merry Widow for West Australian Opera; in concert, she was soloist with Sydney Philharmonia, Auckland Philharmonia and the Opera Australia … 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
Background: Born, USA. Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA-2008). Grand Prizes from numerous competitions worldwide including Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserrat Caballé and Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane “Città di Busseto”. Grand-niece of Music Legends Muddy Waters and Tina Turner OA repertoire: title role: Tosca, Mimì: La bohème Other Companies: Marie Victoire, Mimì, Klytemnestra: Cassandra (Deutsche Oper … Continued
Background: Born Australia. Graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education at Edith Cowan University, WA. OA Repertoire: Clairon: Capriccio, Third Lady: The Magic Flute, Mercedes: Carmen, Kate: Pirates of Penzance, Leila: Iolanthe, Spirit: Dido and Aeneas. Title role in Oz Opera’s national tours of Carmen. … Continued
Australian soprano Suzanne Shakespeare holds a Postgraduate Artist Diploma in Opera from the Royal College of Music International Opera School London, as well as a Master of Music Performance in Piano (University of Melbourne, Australia) and a Licentiate of Trinity College London (Distinction) in both Voice and Piano. Suzanne has been the recipient … Continued
Svetla Vassileva appears on many of the world's leading operatic stages, including ROH Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, San Francisco Opera, New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Washington Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro Regio di Parma, … Continued
Soprano Susan Foster is "perfectly cast" and "brings power and presence" to the title role of Puccini's Turandot. Critically acclaimed as "a Turandot rarely revealed", her 2012 Helpmann Award-nominated performance with Opera Australia was recently released on DVD, and she will begin her 2013/14 season revisiting the role with Hawaii Opera Theater. … Continued