Tenor Arnold Rawls has delighted audiences with his unique combination of vocal and dramatic skills in performances ranging from art song to opera. He has been hailed for having a “powerful, clarion-sounding tenor,” a “firm, pliant lyric tenor with ringing high notes,” as well as a “flair for acting.” His Radamès recently thrilled audiences as … Continued
Brilliant young Thai-American soprano Ariya Sawadivong is increasing demand for operatic and concert performances around the world. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Ariya graduated from the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia where she studied with Ruth Golden. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from The … Continued
Backbround: Born, USA. Graduate of Wingate University, Master’s of Music from Eastman School of Music, Artist Training Certificate from The Juilliard School. Four time Grammy Award winner including, “Best Classical Album” and “Best Opera Recording”. Education – Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program OA repertoire: Lennie: Of Mice and Men … Continued
One of Australia’s most accomplished and best-loved sopranos, Antoinette Halloran performs regularly with all the major Australasian opera companies and symphony orchestras and appears frequently on national television and radio. In 2020, she sings the title role in Tosca for Opera Queensland and, for State Opera of South Australia, Mrs Lovett is Sweeney Todd and Olive … Continued
Anke Höppner was born Germany and studied with Professor Renate Faltin at the Hanns-Eisler Conservatorium in Berlin. She won the first prize in the Hanns-Eisler Liederwettbewerb (the award for the best vocal graduate in the German Democratic Republic) and, in 1993, the Bayreuth Stipendium. In 2001, she won the Helpmann Award for best female operatic … Continued
Australian born soprano Angela Brun completed an Advanced Diploma of Opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2008, Angela was then offered the title role in Rossini’s Cinderella for Opera Australia’s touring OzOpera Schools Company for 2009. In the same year Angela was a finalist in the … Continued
Baritone Andrew Moran is a Senior Principal Artist with Opera Australia, having performed over 30 roles with the company. He is best remembered for his portrayals of Marcello (La Bohème), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Ping (Turandot), and Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), for which he has twice been nominated for a Green Room Award. Born in Melbourne, Andrew … Continued
Andrew Jones is one of Australia’s most outstanding baritones. After completing three years at the Victorian College of the Arts, he has built up an impressive list of credits with Australia’s major performing organisations. His many leading roles for Opera Australia have included the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Bohème … Continued
Australian bass-baritone Andrew Collis was a member of the Cologne Opera from 1993, beginning in the Opera Studio and joining the soloist ensemble in 1995, where his roles included the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro, Schaunard and Colline in La bohème, Hobson in Peter Grimes, Mr Flint in Billy … Continued
Andeka was born in Abadiño (Bilbao). He started his Vocal Studies with Ana Begoña Hernández and is currently with Elisabetta Fiorillo in Rome and the tenor Francisco Casanova in EEUU. Andeka Gorrotxategi has had a brilliant career which has taken him to some of the most prestigious theatres in Spain and Europe in the last … Continued