Toby trained at WAAPA before joining the Australian Opera lighting department where he worked for over 16 years before leaving to pursue his passion of lighting. He has designed for Opera Australia, Sydney Symphony, Pacific Opera, Washington Opera Company, Sydney Festival, MTC, Melbourne Opera Company, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Opera House and STC. His designs … Continued
Caleb grew up in the rolling countryside of North East Victoria, and decided to pick up the cello as a five year old after hearing it in his favorite Powderfinger song. He studied at the Australian National Academy of Music and his passion for the instrument has taken him across Australia, NZ, Europe and China … Continued
Dana Lee grew up in Sydney, learning violin and piano from a young age before taking up viola at age 11. She recently completed her Bachelor of Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Stuart Johnson and Roger Benedict. Always a passionate chamber and orchestral musician, she refined her skills during her studies as … Continued
Originally from Xiamen (China), Jing Lin began playing the violin at the age of five. Jing completed her Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2010. During her studies in Shanghai, she was invited to play with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra as a guest musician. After … Continued
bass-baritone Nicolas Testé regularly performs in many renowned opera houses worldwide such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, Los Angeles Opera, San Fransisco Opera, Zurich Opera House, Grand Théâtre Geneva, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice … Continued
Italian conductor Leonardo Sini, winner of the prestigious International Conducting Competition Maestro Solti, is one of the most promising conductors of his generation. In the 2019 Season he debuted in Opera Lombardia conducting La Sonnambula in Como, Cremona, Pavia as well as at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo. During the last Seasons he debuted at … Continued
Venetian bass-baritone, Tommaso Barea received his bachelor’s degree in Treviso/Italy with Pr. Sherman Lowe. In 2014 as being the youngest winner of the “European Union Competition” in Spoleto/Italy he debuted with the role of Schaunard in La Bohème, while he was attending Spoleto’s Festival of Two World Academy. In 2016 he joined the ensemble of … Continued
Baritone Andrew Williams is one of Australia’s finest young singers. He completed a Bachelor of Music and Advanced Diploma of Opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In competition he recently won the Encouragement Award in the finals of the 2020 German-Australian Opera Grant and also the Joan Sutherland/Richard Bonynge Foundation Prize in the 2018 … Continued
Seth Sklar-Heyn recently directed the new production of The Phantom of the Opera that reopened Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End in August 2021, as well as the 2020 UK/Ireland tour of The Phantom of the Opera (both based on Harold Prince’s original staging). Previously, Seth directed the US tour of Frost/Nixon, starring Stacy … Continued
After winning the McDonald’s Operatic Aria in the 1990s, New Zealand-born soprano Lucy MacFarlane joined Opera Australia as a Young Artist then became a Principal Artist two years later. She continued her studies in Italy before accepting a position with Staatstheater Cottbus in Germany as a Jugenliche Dramatische Sopran. There, she sang Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, … Continued