Luciano will travel to Australia for his company and role debut at Opera Australia where he wil appear as Narciso The Turk in Italy and then continue to Germany where he will revive the role of Orfée Orfeé et Euridice at Oper Stuttgart. Recent successes include revival performances of Elvino La Sonnambula … Continued
After studying at the West Australian Conservatorium of Music and Edith Cowan University, Luke Gabbedy became a member of the West Australian Opera Young Artist Program and the Australian Opera Studio, before joining Opera Australia. Luke‘s many roles with OA now include Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Gunther (Die Gőtterdämmerung), Hermann (Tales of Hoffmann), Ping (Turandot), … Continued
Lisa McCune is one of Australia’s most successful screen and theatre actors, earning an impressive collection of awards, including ten Logie Awards, four of them Gold for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. At age 17, Lisa was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts … Continued
Australian soprano Lorina Gore completed her postgraduate voice studies at the Australian National University in Canberra and at the National Opera Studio in London. She has won numerous prestigious opera awards, including two Helpmann Awards (2017 and 2018), a Green Room Award (2018), the Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship (AOAC), the Opera Awards, the Covent Garden … Continued
American soprano Latonia Moore made an unexpected and triumphant debut at The Metropolitan Opera in March 2012 replacing Violeta Urmana as Aida. Her performance was broadcast on live radio and was received rapturously by the press and public alike. The New York Times reported that, "she received an ecstatic ovation… Her voice was radiant, plush … Continued
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 in Tokyo, … 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 bass Jud Arthur is a longstanding and highly respected presence on the Australasian operatic stage. He has sung more than 40 roles for Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, Victorian Opera, State Opera South Australia, Opera Queensland and New Zealand Opera, spanning a wide range of repertoire from Mozart and bel canto through to … 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