Shikara Ringdahl

Shikara Ringdahl

Chinese-Australian mezzo-soprano Shikara Ringdahl is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) and holds a Bachelor of Music. She made her professional debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra singing Elgar’s Sea Pictures Op. 37 under the baton of Benjamin Northey and was the first vocalist invited by the SSO to tour with the orchestra in their 80 years of regional touring.

Shikara was a Young Artist with Opera Queensland in 2023/2024 and has previously been a resident Young Artist with the Israeli Opera’s Meitar Opera Studio. For Opera Queensland Shikara has appeared in the statewide tour of Do We Need Another Hero?, Festival of Outback Opera, as Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas and as Second Apparition in Macbeth. She has also performed with the OQ chorus in Macbeth, Cosi fan tutte, Aida, Dido and Aeneas and Eucalyptus.

Shikara’s other opera credits include Der Komponist in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Simone Young AM, Larina in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin conducted by Richard Hetherington, and Mrs Herring in Britten’s Albert Herring, directed by Bruce Beresford for QCGU and Brisbane Festival.

Shikara has been a finalist in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, New Zealand Aria Competition, Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, and the recipient of scholarships and grants from the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School and Arts Queensland.

She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) at Queensland University of Technology.


Experience

Second Witch – Dido and Aeneas (2024) – Opera Queensland
Featured Artist – Do We Need Another Hero? (2024) – Opera Queensland
Second Apparition – Macbeth (2023) – Opera Queensland

Shikara Ringdahl