Archive for the 'Sopranos' Category

Maxine Montgomery
Monday, July 26th, 2010

Maxine Montgomery studied at the Conservatorium Of Music at the UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE and the QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. She was the 2004 winner of the OPERA FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA COVENT GARDEN NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO SCHOLARSHIP which enabled her to study, during 2004 and 2005, at the NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO in London. She was the recipient, [...]

Nicole Wallace
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Nicole Wallace has studied voice with Joan Arnold, Rosamund Illing and, currently studies with Gary May.
 
She first appeared in the role of Johanna in SWEENEY TODD for CLK THEATRE INC in 2003, then performed the role of Yum Yum in THE MIKADO for DICKSON ENTERTAINMENT in 2006.
 
She appeared as Micaela in CARMEN for BARBIRRA THEATRE [...]

Emily Uhlrich
Monday, February 8th, 2010

Emily Uhlrich began her musical training as a violinist and holds a Bachelor Of Music Teaching degree from the UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA and a Bachelor Of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS. She has performed extensively as an orchestral violinist, touring Europe with the WA YOUTH ORCHESTRA, for [...]

Melanie Adams
Monday, September 14th, 2009

Melanie Adams is a graduate, with a Bachelor degree in Music Performance, of the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS and where she was the inaugural recipient of the ROSS HARTNELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. She currently studies voice with Anna Connolly and Raymond Connell.
Her early operatic experience included the role of Barbarina in THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO [...]

Suzanne Kompass
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Suzanne Kompass holds a Bachelor Of Music degree in vocal performance from WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE in Princeton, New Jersey and a diploma in operatic performance from the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.
She now lives in Brisbane.
Her operatic experience is extensive and her repertoire includes the roles of Susanna in THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Mimi in LA BOHEME [...]

Zara Barrett
Monday, October 20th, 2008

Sydney-based soprano, Zara Barrett, graduated from the Post Graduate Course of the NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO in London in 1996, from the Young Artists’ Program of GLIMMERGLASS OPERA, at the OBERLIN CONSERVATORY in Ohio in 2001 and was a member of the Young Artists’ Program at the PITTSBURGH OPERA CENTRE from 2001 to 2003. She has [...]

Emily Xiao Wang
Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Born in China, Emily Xiao Wang completed a Bachelor Of Music degree at the SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY and has a post-graduate degree in Opera Performance from the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS.
 
She has been a recipient of the MABEL KENT ESTATE SINGING SCHOLARSHIP and of the HAROLD FISHER OPERA SCHOLARSHIP and was a finalist in [...]

Kim Wheeler
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Kim Wheeler was the winner of the 10th ANNUAL NATIONAL LIEDERFEST, recipient of the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS‘ JOHN GAITSKELL MEMORIAL MENSA AWARD, both in 1990 and a second prize winner in the HEINZ AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ARIA competition in 1991 and 1992. During 1995 she was a semi-finalist in the LAURI VOLPI SINGING COMPETITION [...]

Elizabeth McBride
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Elizabeth McBride graduated in 2004, with a Masters Degree in Music, from the UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. She was a recipient, in that same year, of the DR. FRANCESCO CASTELLANO OPERATIC PRIZE and of the LINDA ALLEN VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP in 2005, has been a bursary student at the DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY in Florence and studied on [...]

Anna Margolis
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

British soprano, Anna Margolis, now resides in Melbourne. She is a graduate, in performance, of KINGS COLLEGE, London and of the postgraduate performance course of the ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE, Manchester. She has studied with Dinah Harris, Janice Chapman and David Harper, has coached with Linnhe Robertson, Michael Pollock, Ingrid Surgenor, Lillian Watson, Robert Tear, Diane [...]

Lisa Harper-Brown
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Lisa Harper-brown has an Honours degree in music from the UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
 

In 1992 she won first prize in the vocal section of the AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION’s YOUNG PERFORMER AWARD and in 1993, the Australian Singing Competition’s Faigen Award, enabling her to undertake study at the BRITTEN-PEARS SCHOOL. OPERA AUSTRALIA wrote of this [...]

Kathryn Grey
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Kathryn Grey originally trained as a mezzo soprano. She is a graduate of the UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE and has been a member of the OPERA STUDIO at the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS. She speaks Italian, German and French and has studied acting with New York-based teacher, Experience Robinson Bryon at the AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY [...]

Rosemarie Arthars
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Australian soprano, Rosemarie Arthars, obtained her post-graduate degree at the QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. While studying singing with Janet Delpratt, she took part in masterclasses with Geoffrey Parsons, Joseph Ward and Jane Manning and while still a student, appeared as Countess Almaviva in THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Fiordiligi in COSI FAN TUTTE and Frasquita in [...]