Hailed as the First Lady of the Australian theatre, Robyn Nevin graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1960 and is acknowledged as a major influence in Australian theatre as actress, director and producer. She has played leading roles in every major theatre company over the past fifty years, including the … Continued

American soprano Amber Wagner has been featured in Opera News as one of twenty-five artists poised to break out and become a major force in classical music. In a recent review of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Times described her as possessing a “powerful, gleaming and richly expressive voice … Continued

Originally from Western Australia, Natasha grew up singing and dancing under the direction of Debra McCulloch. Since moving to Melbourne, Natasha has studied performing arts full-time and completed her diploma in musical theatre at Patrick Studios Australia. Natasha has performed nationally and internationally with companies such as Disney, Universal Studios, Marilla Productions and X-Systems. She … Continued

Giancarlo del Monaco, a world renowned stage director known also as the son of the famous tenor Mario del Monaco, has directed operas on the world’s most prestigious stages. Always focused on every detail, his work is ravishing, powerful, and insightful. Growing up with his ingenious father who performed with the greatest conductors of all … Continued

Roxane Hislop is one of Australia’s most respected and accomplished mezzo sopranos. Miss Hislop is a graduate of Sydney University, the NSW Conservatorium of Music, and holds a Masters Degree in Arts Administration from RMIT University in Melbourne. Her awards include the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, the inaugural AIMS Scholarship, the Dame Mabel Brooks … Continued

Jermaine Chau, mezzo-soprano, a recent graduate of the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Summer School in Brisbane, studied opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she took on the role as a sassy aunt Fidalma in Cimarosa’s comic opera Il Segreto Matrimonio. In 2014, she has taken the lead role in Menotti’s Old Maid and … Continued

Critically acclaimed for his profound and deeply musical interpretations of the most demanding repertoire, both opera and symphonic, Pinchas Steinberg is one of the leading conductors performing today. He has distinguished himself for many years as a regular guest of the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout Europe, and in the United States. … Continued

Born in Canberra, Christopher Lincoln Bogg sang his first solo parts as a boy soprano. After study at the Victorian College of the Arts with Dame Joan Hammond, he won the Bond Family Scholarship for Tenors; it was receiving the German Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia which took him to Germany … Continued

For the past 40 years David Walters has worked as a professional Lighting Designer in Iceland and Australia. His work experience spans lighting designs for opera, theatre, ballet, dance, puppetry, circus, exhibitions, major events and architectural installations. From 1978 to 1986 David worked as a freelance lighting designer in Iceland where he is recognised as … Continued