Sian Sharp
Mezzo Soprano
Background: B.Mus. (Hons), Victorian College of the Arts. Grad.Dip.Music, Queensland Conservatorium. Istituto Europeo, Florence. Opera Queensland Developing Artists’ Program. Opera Australia Young Artist Program, 2007-08. 2002 National Aria winner.
OA repertoire: Title role and Mercédès: Carmen, Amneris: Aida, Emilia: Otello, Marchesa Melibea: Il viaggio a Reims, Suzuki: Madama Butterfly, La Belle Dulcinée: Don Quichotte, Lola: Cavalleria rusticana, Waltraute and Siegrune: Ring cycle, Federica: Luisa Miller, Maddalena: Rigoletto, Olga: Eugene Onegin, Rosina: The Barber of Seville, Valencienne: The Merry Widow, Arsace: Partenope, Hermia: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cherubino and Marcellina: The Marriage of Figaro, Dorabella: Così fan tutte, Hänsel: Hänsel und Gretel, Stéphano: Roméo et Juliette, Second Lady: Die Zauberflöte, Annio: La clemenza di Tito, Venus: Orpheus in the Underworld, Nancy: Albert Herring, Inez: Il trovatore, Page: Salome, Title role: Carmen (Tour).
Other Companies: Bach St John Passion and Mozart Requiem (Sydney Philharmonia); Handel Messiah (Queensland Symphony Orchestra), Mary: Der fliegende Holländer (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra); Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sydney Symphony Orchestra); Sydney Festival.