Melbourne Opera appoints Anastasia Fai Kogan to its Board
Melbourne Opera is pleased to announce the appointment of Anastasia Fai Kogan to its Board. Mrs Kogan will serve as a Non-Executive Director. Anastasia is an experienced business leader with extensive digital and creative experience. Mrs Kogan holds an MBA from...
Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – Funding Offer
Melbourne Opera is pleased to announce that the Federal Government has recognised the significance of its embarking on Wagner’s Ring Cycle by supporting Das Rheingold in the first round of RISE grants. These grants are particularly geared towards arts projects which...
Congratulations Stephen Marsh, Winner of the Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts Opera Prize
Stephen Marsh, Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme Associate Artist, has been awarded the Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts Opera Prize. It really does take a village to raise a singer, especially in these difficult times. Stephen was an inaugural member of the...
2021 Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme Members Announced
After pandemic mayhem and postponements throughout this extraordinarily challenging year, we are pleased to report that Melbourne Opera was able to conduct the live audition component of the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme in the final week of November 2020...
Louise Keast: Winner of the Rotary/RDEAP German Scholarship 2021
We are very pleased to announce that soprano Louise Keast is the 2021 recipient of the Rotary Melbourne Central Next Generations Service Exchange. This opportunity is awarded annually in collaboration with the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme to an...
Victorian philanthropists rally to help pandemic-hit performing arts — The Age
Everyone knows the arts have been hit hard by the pandemic, says leading philanthropist Maureen Wheeler. And we need to help."It's a bit like a natural disaster," she says. "You don't see the wreckage, but you do feel the loss. It's definitely a time when we're going...
Melbourne Opera announces Wagner’s Ring Cycle to start February 2021 – The Age
Melbourne Opera is announcing the end of the world – in 2023. The company is to climb opera’s Everest: Wagner’s Ring cycle. It starts February 2021 with Das Rheingold, the 160-minute bite-sized kickoff for the epic story of gods, giants and the curse of love. And it...
Watch: Suzanne Chaundy on directing “The Flying Dutchman”
Melbourne Opera’s new production of The Flying Dutchman is in the inspired hands of director Suzanne Chaundy, whose productions of Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Tristan and Isolde received resounding acclaim and several awards. Chaundy is an incredibly experienced...
Watch: Helena Dix discusses the Melbourne Opera production of Bellini’s “Norma”.
Did you know, the central role of Norma is considered by many to be one of opera’s most challenging soprano roles? It requires superior technical, dramatic and musical artistry. Helena delivered on every count and unleashed her formidable bel canto to the delight of...
German-Australian Opera Grant will see Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme member Darcy Carroll ‘zoom’ to Wiesbaden
We are thrilled to announce Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme member, baritone Darcy Carroll, won the German-Australian Opera Grant, after two days of intense zoom auditions! Darcy holds a Bachelor of Music (classical voice) from the University of Melbourne...
RDEAP Newsletter – Issue Five
Entering a third year with ever growing momentum, the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme began with a bang in 2020 and was absolutely chock full of activity until COVID-19 struck in March. The focus of January and February was Melbourne Opera’s extremely...
