John David Ridge has designed for Broadway, ballet, opera and television. Amongst some of the highlights are Ring ‘Round The Moon for the Lincoln Center Theater, for which he received a Tony nomination, Robert Joffrey’s seminal Nutcracker and David Mamet’s A Life In The Theatre, both the original New York production and on television for … Continued
Rachael Maza is one of Australia’s most recognisable faces of the Australian film, television and theatre industry with performance credits including the AFI award winning Radiance, Cosi and Lillian’s Story. A WAAPA graduate, Rachael’s outstanding performances have been acknowledged with a Green Room Award and a Sydney Theatre Critics Circle award. Rachael has also worked … Continued
Jenny Tiramani has worked as a Costume and Stage Designer since 1977. She was Associate Designer at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East 1979–1997 and Director of Theatre Design at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London from 1997 to 2005. She won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Costume Design for the production of Twelfth Night on Broadway, and was nominated for … Continued
Alex Given graduated from Patrick Studios Australia in 2011 and has performed in various events, including the TV Week Logie Awards, the opening of Hamer Hall with Caroline O’Connor, Adelaide Cabaret Festival opening gala, Trevor Ashley’s Liza (on an E) and an Adrienne Angel/Bernadette Peters vocal workshop. Alex has performed in musical theatre productions including … Continued
Tony Llewellyn-Jones graduated from NIDA in 1971 and joined the Melbourne Theatre Company. In the years that followed Tony appeared in Tonight at 8.30; Much Ado About Nothing; Mother Courage; The Cherry Orchard; How Does Your Garden Grow?; The Time is Not Yet Ripe; Danton’s Death; Paying the Piper; An Ideal Husband; You Want It … Continued
Rick Sharp started his career in 1965 with a three year apprenticeship at Universal Studios, under the direction and auspices of the legendary Bud Westmore. Mr. Sharp rapidly grew to be one of Hollywood’s leading make-up and facial design artists and has worked on hundreds of well-known American and European television shows and feature films including … Continued
Bass baritone Oliver Mann has forged a singular path amidst the Australian music landscape. His experience and prolificacy within the early music and Baroque movements – especially in the repertoire of J.S. Bach – speaks for itself. He has performed the Coffee Cantata with the MSO, made his main stage-debut as Pan in BWV 201: The Dispute between Phoebus … Continued
Nick returns to Opera Australia after having appeared in their production of Anything Goes as John. Most recently he appeared in A Christmas Carol with David Wenham (GWB) as Fezziwig. Before this, Nick filmed the first season of Australian Epic, written by Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor for ABC TV and Princess Pictures on ABC iview. Other credits include … Continued
Jennifer Bonner is a Sydney-born soprano. She studied opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has a masters in voice pedagogy. During her studies Jennifer was nominated for the Joan Carden award and was finalist in the Opera & Arts Opera Award at the Sydney Eisteddfod and finalist for the 2MBS Young Performer Award. … Continued
Sydney-born mezzo-soprano Anna McDougall completed her Masters of Music (Opera Performance) at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2014 under the tuition of Dr Rowena Cowley. She has been featured in operas such as The Marriage of Figaro; the title role of Miss Todd in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief; Frugola in Puccini’s Il … Continued