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
Suzanne Johnston has achieved the rare distinction of being recognised equally for her success in opera, music theatre, and as a concert performer. Her operatic career encompasses the prestigious European Festivals of Glyndebourne and Salzburg, as well as Australia’s major opera companies, for whom her repertory includes the title roles in L’incoronazione … Continued
Stuart Skelton, winner of the 2014 International Opera Awards for Best Male Singer and 2 Helpmann Awards, is one of the finest heldentenors on the stage today. His repertoire encompasses some of opera’s most challenging roles, from Wagner's Lohengrin, Parsifal, Rienzi, Siegmund and Erik to Strauss’s Kaiser and Bacchus, Janacek’s Laca, Saint-Saens’ … Continued
Susan Bullock is one of the world’s most sought-after dramatic sopranos. In recent seasons she has appeared as Wagner’s Brünnhilde at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro La Fenice, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon, Oper Frankfurt, Opéra de Lyon, the New National Theatre Tokyo, and with the Canadian Opera Company. … Continued
Bass Stephen Bennett was a member of The Leonine Consort, and subsequently a founding member of The Song Company. In 1986 he joined The Australian Opera’s Young Artist Development Program and then became a principal bass with this company. In 1992, Stephen left The Australian Opera to pursue a freelance career. He has sung with … Continued
Stephen Smith is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. He debuted as Rodolfo in Eastern Metropolitan Opera’s production of La bohème. In 2003, Stephen performed as Martin in Copland’s The Tender Land for Operalive, Rinaldo in Galuppi’s Il filosofo di campagna for Stopera, Don José in Carmen for The … Continued
A native of New Zealand, Simon O’Neill has established himself as one of the finest helden-tenors on the international stage. He is a principal artist with the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala and both the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals, appearing with a number of illustrious conductors including James Levine, … Continued
The German tenor completed his master’s degree in singing, vocal pedagogy, and sacred music at the Music Academy of Cologne. From 1999 to 2005, Stefan Vinke was engaged to sing the young heroic tenor-roles at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, such as Tristan, Florestan, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Siegmund, Erik and other leading tenor roles as Idomeneo, Don José and … Continued