Peter Casey is one of Australia’s most versatile musical directors, having established a career spanning the genres of musical theatre, arena presentations, symphonic concerts, orchestration, television and recording. During the past years, Peter has been musical director for several major music theatre productions, including the 1991 Gordon Frost Organisation/Adelaide Festival Centre production of The King … Continued
Andrea Licata has conducted many opera and symphonic orchestras in Italy and abroad, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Orchestra Regionale della Toscana, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival of Two Worlds Orchestra of Spoleto and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In Spoleto, he conducted the world premiere of … Continued
Greg Eldridge is an Australian-born stage director now based in the United Kingdom. Following training at the Opera Studio Melbourne, he completed further study at the European Academy of Florence in Italy and relocated to England. He has worked on over 50 productions in some of the world’s leading theatres, including The Royal Opera Covent … Continued
Original sound designs include: Fangirls; Bran Nue Dae; Jekyll and Hyde; Muriel’s Wedding; Barnum; Mamma Mia! (2018); My Fair Lady; Dream Lover; Singin’ In The Rain; The Rabbits; Fiddler On The Roof; Anything Goes; Priscilla Queen of the Desert (world-wide); The King And I (2014 – Australia; 2007 – China / Asia); Hot Shoe Shuffle; … Continued
Australian-born Anna O’Byrne has established an international career spanning opera, theatre, concert and film. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Anna was cast by Andrew Lloyd Webber to create the role of Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies, his sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Anna was nominated … Continued
English born New Zealander, Rebecca Currier, gained a Masters in Performance at Victoria University, Wellington. She continued her studies at the RCM, London, where she gained a performance Diploma. She worked full-time for Opera North from 2005-2011 where her roles include Second Lady, The Magic Flute; Mariette and Lolette,La Rondine; and Madchen, The Arms and the Cow. … Continued
A native of Tolosa in the Spanish Basque Country, soprano Ainhoa Arteta came to international attention when she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and Plácido Domingo’s Operalia International Competition, resulting in engagements with some of the world’s most important opera houses. She has since been heard at such theatres as the Royal Opera … Continued
Igor Tchetuev was born in Sebastopol (Ukraine) in 1980 and won at the age of 14 the Grand Prix of the International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition (Ukraine) and was a student of Maestro Krainev. In 1998, at age 18, he was the First Prize Laureate of the Ninth Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, and was also … Continued
Damien’s career highlights include Neil Armfield’s production of The Ring Cycle for Opera Australia; Exit The King on Broadway starring Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon; Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake for the Australian Ballet which has been presented in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo; Keating! The Musical, Australia’s most successful subsidised theatre show ever; and … Continued
He started his singing studies in 1997 in Lecce under the guidance of the Soprano Maria Mazzotta. In the 2005 he was awarded the first price at the International Opera Competition of Viterbo while in the 2006 the second price at the International Competition “Voci Verdiane” in Busseto. In 2001 he debuted … Continued