Rachelle Durkin

Soprano

Australian/American soprano Rachelle Durkin has performed regularly with Opera Australia, in roles including Musetta (La bohème), Mrs Schlesen (Satyagraha), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Norina (Don Pasquale), Eurydice (Orpheus in the Underworld), and Angelica (Orlando).

She became an established principal artist at the Metropolitan Opera following the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, appearing over many seasons as Norina, Mrs Schlesen, Lisa (La sonnambula), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Frasquita (Carmen), Masha (Pique Dame), and First Flower Maiden (Parsifal), also at the Salzburg Festival under James Levine.

Most recently, she sang the Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen) for West Australian Opera, Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Adelaide Festival, the Governess (The Turn of the Screw) for State Opera South Australia, Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Poulenc’s Gloria with the West Australian Symphony, and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) in concert with the Hawai’i Symphony.

Rachelle is a five-time Helpmann Award nominee and a winner of the Herald Sun Aria, Marianne Mathy Scholarship and Metropolitan Opera Award.