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
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
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
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