Born in Ufa, in the province of Bashkiria, Russia, Elvira Fatykhova began her singing studies at the Ufa College of Arts and continued at the Ufa Institute of Arts. In 1995, she was awarded a special prize at the Glinka Singing Competition, in 1996 the Grand Prix at the Almuhametov Singing Competition in Ufa, and … Continued
Australia’s most highly awarded soprano, Emma Matthews performs with all the Australian opera companies, orchestras and festivals, and is Head of Classical Voice and Opera Studies at West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth. She has won seven Helpmann Awards, nine Green Room Awards, the Remy Martin Australian Opera Award and Limelight Awards for Music … Continued
Elizabeth Campbell, a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, won the Elly Ameling Lieder Prize in the ‘s-Hertogenbosch Singing Competition, represented Australia in the Singer of the World Competition, Cardiff, and was awarded the Bayreuth Scholarship. International performances include Messiah at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s USA tour and recitals … Continued
Elizabeth Whitehouse, one of Australia’s most renowned sopranos, lives in Germany with her career focused primarily in Europe. She recently appeared in the José Carreras Charity Gala at the Megaron in Athens and in April sang the last of sixteen performances of the title role in Turandot in Münster. Forthcoming engagements in … Continued
Australian-born Dominica Matthews is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, UK and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She was an Ian Potter Foundation Grant recipient in 2003-2004 and winner of the Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award at RNCM. Dominica is currently a Senior Principal Artist with Opera Australia and has established herself as … Continued
Dramatic baritone Douglas McNicol’s career exemplars brilliance in comedy, tragedy, villainy and operetta, with all major opera companies in Australasia. His reputation for excellence in contemporary opera is evidenced with world premiere performances as Tereus (Richard Mills’ Love of the Nightingale), the Lieutenant (John Haddock’s Madeline Lee) Voss (Opera Australia) and Australian premiers of Jake … Continued
Diego Torre’s most recent appearances for Opera Australia have included Cavaradossi (Tosca), Don José (Carmen), Foresto (Attila), Faust (Mefistofele), Eléazar (La Juive), the title role in Ernani, Radames (Aida) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). He sang Verdi’s Requiem and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for Sydney Philharmonia and appeared as Canio (Pagliacci) for Kansas City Opera. 2024 … Continued
Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov completed his musical studies in Kiev and made his operatic debut at the National Theatre in Kiev as Lensky in Eugene Onegin. In Kiev, he also sang his first performances of Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, Enzo in La Gioconda, Alfredo in La Traviata and the Duke … Continued
David is the winner of Australia’s Operatunity Oz competition, a joint production between Opera Australia and the ABC which was televised late in 2006. David is also the winner the 2009 Opera Foundation Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship, the 2013 Opera Foundation Vienna State Opera Award and the 2015 AOAC Joan Sutherland Scholarship. As a … Continued
British/Australian Mezzo-Soprano Deborah Humble gained a Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of Adelaide and a Masters Degree in Music Research from the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne before becoming a Young Artist at the Victoria State Opera. After further study in London and Paris, Deborah was appointed Principal Artist at Opera Australia in … Continued