Sian Sharp
Mezzo Soprano
Dynamic and celebrated Australian mezzo-soprano, Sian Sharp, has been described as “one of Opera Australia’s most versatile and accomplished singers” (Australian Arts Review).
For Opera Australia in 2026, Sian performs Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Maddalena (Rigoletto) and features in the 70th Anniversary Gala Concert.
In 2025, also for Opera Australia, Sian sang the title role in Carmen, Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Prince Charming (Cendrillion), Kitchen Boy (Rusalka), Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), and featured in The Canberra Theatre’s 60th anniversary Gala Concert. She performed excerpts from Carmen with the Malaysian Philharmonic and joined the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for Rossini’s Stabat Mater.
Other roles for Opera Australia include the title role in Carmen, Amneris (Aida), Marchesa Melibea (Il viaggio a Reims), Dulcinée (Don Quichotte), Waltraute and Siegrune (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Maddalena/Giovanna (Rigoletto), Idamante (Idomeneo), La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica), Cherubino/Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Dodo (Breaking The Waves), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Arsace (Partenope), Federica (Luisa Miller), Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Stéphano (Romeo and Juliet), Nancy (Albert Herring), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Inez (Il trovatore), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Emilia (Otello), Pantalis and Marta (Mefistofele), Kitchen Boy (Rusalka) and Page (Salome). Sian has also appeared with Opera Australia in concert as Bersi (Andrea Chenier) and Albine (Thaïs), as well as in The Domain, New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts and their Great Opera Hits presentations.
Other companies:
Maddalena/Giovanna (Rigoletto) for New Zealand Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Mary in The Flying Dutchman, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Hadyn’s Harmoniemesse, Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah, Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For Sydney Philharmonia, she has sung in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and Bach’s St. John Passion.