Born, UK. Studied with Janice Chapman and David Harper. Honours, University of WA. First prize, vocal section ABC's Young Performer Award, 1992, winner: 1993 Gosford City National Aria Competition and Australian Singing Competition's Faigen Award, enabling study at the Britten-Pears School. Winner: Royal Overseas League bursary. WA Opera's Young Artists’ Program … Continued
Born in 1990, Australian soprano Kiandra Howarth is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, where she completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours in 2010. From 2009 to 2012, she was a member of both the Opera Queensland and Opera Australia Young Artist Programs, making her international debut as Norina in Don Pasquale … Continued
Born in Tambov (Russia), he obtained his degree in voice from the Conservatoire Tchaikovsky in Moscow and made his opera debut 1993 in Nabucco at the Bregenz Festival. Konstantin Gorny performed the main parts of the Italian, French and Slavish repertoire on important international stages. In 2004, his extraordinary vocal and acting … Continued
New Zealand-born Jud Arthur has been Australian-based since 2003. He has sung over 40 operatic roles for Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, Victorian Opera, State Opera South Australia and Opera Queensland as well as frequently returning to New Zealand Opera. A particular highlight for Jud was creating the roles of Hunding and Fafner in Opera … Continued
Kanen is one of Australia’s most sought-after operatic tenors and a renowned concert and cabaret artist. He has been long established as a contracted and guest artist at Opera Australia regularly appearing in the principal tenor roles of such operas as The Merry Widow, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, The Magic … Continued
Argentine-Australian baritone José Carbó is one of the most exciting operatic artists of his generation; he has performed in the leading opera houses of the world including Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid, Los Angeles Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Seattle Opera, Opera de Tenerife and Opera Australia. His triumphant Verdi debut in 2013 as Renato … Continued
Bass Joshua Bloom made his Opera Australia debut in OzOpera's 1998 production of The Barber of Seville. Further roles for OA have included Dandini in Cenerentola, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Escamillo in Carmen, Leporello in Don Giovanni and Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress. He won Green Room Awards for his performances … Continued
John Wegner passed away in November 2019. Read tributes to the singer from former Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini, and Conductor Brian Castles-Onion. Born in West Germany, John Wegner is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. From 1981-1992 he was a resident principal artist with Opera Australia, where he performed many leading roles … Continued
Jonathan Summers was born in Melbourne, Australia. He came to London in 1974 to study with Otakar Kraus, making his debut in 1975 as Rigoletto with Kent Opera. He has since sung with all the major opera companies both in Britain and abroad. His debut with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, was in 1977 … Continued
A celebrated performer and the winner of five Green Room Awards, John Bolton Wood, who was awarded an AM for his services to Opera in 2009, was born in Sydney, and received his music education at the NSW Conservatorium of Music and the London Opera Centre. He made his UK debut at the Royal Opera … Continued