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
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
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
Background: Born, Australia. Grad.Dip. in Opera – Sydney Conservatorium, 1996 OA repertoire: Narraboth: Salome, Strephon: Iolanthe, Anthony Hope: Sweeney Todd, Johnny Dowd: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Danilo: Merry Widow, Beethoven’s Ninth, Orpheus/Mercury: Orpheus in the Underworld, Steersman: Der fliegende Holländer, Alfred: Fledermaus, Ralph: … Continued
Born in Kavala, Greece Alexia Voulgaridou came to international attention as Mimì in the Bregenz Opera Festival’s production of La bohème opposite the Rodolfo of Rolando Villazon. She has since been heard in major theatres throughout Europe including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Royal Opera, Covent Garden. the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the … Continued
Amelia Farrugia is one Australia’s best-loved sopranos. Since her opera debut in 1994, she has sung many leading roles for Opera Australia, performed with all the ABC Orchestras and appeared internationally with distinguished conductors Richard Bonynge, Edo de Waart, Richard Hickox, Carlo Felice Cillario, Markus Stenz, Simone Young, Emmanuel Plasson, Paul Dyer, Andrea Licata, Alexander … Continued
Aldo Di Toro graduated from the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music and made his debut in opera as Oronte in Alcina for West Australian Opera at the Festival of Perth. Aldo won two awards from Opera Foundation Australia: the 2000 Italian Opera Award which enabled him to study at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the … Continued
The German lighting designer Wolfgang Goebbel works for international opera houses and theatres. He lit shows at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Burgtheater Vienna, Playhouse Zürich, Theater Basel, Maxim Gorki Theater, Kölner Schauspiel, Royal Shakespeare Company, Landestheater Salzburg, Gate Theatre London, Almeida Theatre London, National Theatre London, Lyceum Edinburgh, Nottingham Playhouse, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, … Continued
Yan Tax, a native Dutchman, studied fashion design in Breda and has worked as a costume designer since the 1970s for film, TV and the stage. Musical producitons he has designed for include Levay’s Elisabeth in Germany, Die drei Musketiere, Cyrano, Sunset Boulevard, Ciske de Rat and Ich war noch niemals in New York in … Continued