Melbourne – Australia
Steven Gallop has been a principal artist for Opera Australia over many years, his early roles including Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Herman Ortel In Der Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, the Mandarin in Turandot, Montano in Otello, Swallow in Peter Grimes, Don Fernando in Fidelio and Ribbing in Un ballo in Maschera.
More recently his roles for Opera Australia include The Bonze in Madama Butterfly, Angelotti in Tosca, Wurm in Luisa Miller and Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro and, in 2023, Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Of his performances of Sarastro in the Die Zauberflöte the Canberra Critics’ Circle wrote, …equally thrilling was Steven Gallop’s towering Sarastro… Gallop commanded the stage on every appearance. And of his Nourabad in The Pearlfishers, Simon Parris: Man In Chair reviewed, Of the four leads, the stand out is Steven Gallop in the featured role of Nourabad. Gallop has a masterfully assured stage presence., while the Sydney Morning Herald wrote, it was a luxury to cast as fine a singer as Steven Gallop as Nourabad.
He made his debut, in 2013, with State Opera Of South Australia as the Marquis of Calatrava in La Forza del Destino, subsequently appearing as The Bonze in Madama Butterfly and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni.
For Victorian Opera he has appeared as the Commendatore, also as Ariodate in Xerxes, and Achilla in Julius Caesar, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, and Pheobus in JS Bach’s Der Streit Zwischen Pheobus und Pan.
Gallop is frequently engaged by Melbourne Opera, since 2008 having appeared as The Bonze in Madama Butterly, as Georgio in I Puritani, Mephistopheles in Faust, Colline in La Boheme, and Rocco in Fidelio. His performances for the company of Caspar in Der Freischutz, received a review from the Australian Book Review saying, Gallop dominated the stage whenever he appeared, and thrilled and chilled with his powerful voice and dynamic acting. His appearances for the company have also included Greenroom Award nominated performances in the role of King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Simon Parris Man In A Chair reviewing, Gallop’s bass is in stellar form; controlled and unwavering, its dark lustre in attractive contrast to the lead pair., while Concertonet wrote, ... Steven Gallop’s King Marke… strongly delivered and well-rounded portrayal… commanding stage presence… Mr Gallop… galvanising as the bereft King., while of his Daland in Der Fliegende Holländer Simon Parris: Man In A Chair reviewed saying, Steven Gallop, a singer who repeatedly demonstrates his inestimable value, is in stellar form again…
He returned to Melbourne Opera for the role of Fafner in Das Rheingold during 2021 and for Hunding in Die Walküre in 2022, Opera Magazine writing of his performance, Steven Gallop’s menacing, deep-voiced Hunding was an expert portrayal and of his return to the role of Fafner in the company’s performance of Siegfried also during 2022, Arts Hub reviewed with, Gallop was magnificent in stature and mien … His voice was as commanding as his physicality. He returned to these roles, and appeared as Hagen in Götterdämmerung in the company’s production of the complete cycle of Der Ring Des Nibelungen in 2023, Australian Arts Review writing, … a formidable showing as Hagen … brilliant casting., and Classic Melbourne saying, Gallop’s voice was thrilling in its immense power.
He returned to Melbourne Opera in 2025 for the role of Pognor in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Gallop has also enjoyed considerable success on the international operatic stage appearing regularly for the Wiener Volksoper and Neue Oper Wien, and in such roles as the Hotel Manager in Adés’ Powder Her Face for Nimrod Opera in Odense, a role he was subsequently engaged to sing in Chicago, Zagreb, Tel Aviv, Winterthur, Vienna, Naples and Rome and for Opera Nantes.
He has sung the role of Dr. Anthony Carroll in Nigel Osborne’s The Piano Tuner in performances at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, was engaged by Welsh National Opera for Varlaam and Nikitish in Boris Godunov and as Don Fernando in Fidelio under the baton of Carlo Rizzi.
Other international engagements include Swallow in the Chilean premiere of Peter Grimes at the Teatro Municipale in Santiago and Mephistopheles in Faust and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte both for Eugene Opera in the USA.
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