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Antony WalkerMartene GrimsonConductorRecent engagements have includedNixon in China and The Elephant Man(Minnesota Opera), Handelʼs Orlandoand Semele (New York City Opera),Così fan tutte and Tosca (Hawaii OperaTheatre), Il ritorno dʼUlisse in patria(Pittsburgh Opera), Roméo et Julietteand La Cenerentola (Sugar CreekFestival), Vanessa (Chautauqua Opera),The Fairy Queen, LʼOrfeo and Dardanus(Pinchgut Opera) and Tancredi,In 2007 Antony returns to OperaAustralia to conduct the MelbourneSpring season of Alcina. UpcomingUS performances include The MagicFlute and Billy Budd (Pittsburgh),Rossiniʼs Otello (Washington), MadamaButterfly (Arizona Opera) and LʼOrfeo(Glimmerglass).Lindy HumeBridget ElliotIn Australia she has created more than30 new productions including Carmen,Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, LaPérichole and The Pearl Fishers (OperaAustralia); Orlando, Trouble in Tahitiand The Barber of Seville (OzOpera);The Mikado, Alcina, and Orpheus in theUnderworld (West Australian Opera)and Carmina burana (State Opera ofSouth Australia/The Australian Ballet).She won a Helpmann Award for BestDirector and a Green Room Award forBest Production (Opera) for Batavia, theworld premiere of which she directed forOpera Australia in 2001. The opera, byBridget ElliotHer recent engagements includeconcerts with the Orchestra of the Ageof Enlightenment under Frans Brüggen inLondon and Bristol; the role of Gretel inHansel and Gretel with the BBC ConcertOrchestra under Charles Hazlewoodat the Queen Elizabeth Hall and theChichester Festival; Mrs Gleaton inAustralian-born mezzo-soprano FionaCampbell has appeared in concertwith the Manchester Camerata, PragueChamber Orchestra, Hong Kong andOdessa Philharmonic Orchestras, WestAustralian, Adelaide and MelbourneSymphony Orchestras and the Orchestraof the Royal Opera House, CoventGarden. In 1994 she was the winnerof the Vocal division of the ABC YoungPerformers Awards; the following year,she won the Opera Awards at theAustralian Singing Competition.Richard Mills and Peter Goldsworthy,was presented in the companyʼs Sydneyseason in 2006.Other recent projects include stagingsof Bachʼs St Matthew Passion (2005)and Candide (2006) at the PerthInternational Arts Festival. In 2007projects will include a production ofRichard Millsʼ new opera The Love ofthe Nightingale.Productions overseas include La bohèmefor Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Tolomeofor Muziektheater Transparant (Belgium),Radamisto (Handel Festspiele andHalle Opera), Così fan tutte (GuildhallSchool of Music and Drama, London),A Streetcar Named Desire and Norma(St Gallen Opera Theatre, Switzerland)and Brittenʼs Phaedra and AlbertHerring and Holstʼs Savitri (AldeburghFestival, UK). In April 2004 she madeher American debut directing The Barberof Seville for Houston Grand Opera andshe will return to that company in 2008and 2009.While living in the United Kingdom heropera engagements included Amor/Melanto (Il ritorno dʼUlisse in patria) forOpera North, Sophie Lavalle (Zoë) forGlyndebourne, Olga (Eugene Onegin)for Grange Park Opera, Hansel (Hanseland Gretel) for Opera Northern Ireland,and Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Siebel(Faust) and Rosina (The Barber ofSeville) for Mid Wales Opera.International Arts Festival, the worldpremiere of Jaz Colemanʼs The Marriageat Cana, with soloists of the Royal OperaHouse, and Mozartʼs Great Mass inC minor with the Australian ChamberOrchestra. Since returning to Australia,Fiona has recorded many recitals for theABC and is a frequent artist with WAOpera. She is a Lecturer in Voice at theUniversity of Western Australia.Recent engagements have included JohnAdamsʼ El Niño and Bachʼs St JohnPassion and Christmas Oratorio withSydney Philharmonia Choirs, a recordingof early French cantatas with EnsembleArcangelo for ABC Classics and a Faurésong cycle with the Australia Ensemble.She made her Opera Australia debut thisyear as Tessa in The Gondoliers. Futureengagements include the world premiereof Richard Millsʼ new opera The Love ofthe Nightingale and a national tour withthe Australian String Quartet.Career highlights have included the roleof Venus in Tannhäuser, the Australianpremiere of works by John Tavener,Bachʼs St Matthew Passion and the roleof Ruggiero in Alcina, all for the PerthPenelope MillsIdomeneoHighlights this season have includedGaluppiʼs LʼOlimpiade at La Feniceunder Andrea Marcon, and laterthis month he sings Elgarʼs Dream ofGerontius with the Seville SymphonyOrchestra. He goes on to performRossiniʼs Petite Messe Solennelle withthe Aarhus Symphony Orchestra underGiancarlo Andretta, and throughoutMartene was awarded second prize inthe 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Competitionand is an Associate Artist of the ClassicalOpera Company.IdamanteMark TuckerA remarkable interpreter of Baroque andClassical repertoire, Mark Tucker hasperformed and recorded alongside manyof its leading exponents, including JohnEliot Gardiner, Nikolaus Harnoncourtand René Jacobs. Of Anglo-Venetianparentage and bilingual, he has aparticular interest in Italian repertoire.Career highlights include a performanceat the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the titlerole of LʼOrfeo with the New LondonConsort under Philip Pickett and directedby Jonathan Miller; MonteverdiʼsVespers of 1610 at the Salzburg Festivalunder Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and againunder John Eliot Gardiner at Basilica SanMarco, Venice and the world premiereof Shchedrinʼs Vek Moy withVladimir Ashkenazy (piano) at theKöln Philharmonie.Floydʼs Susannah and Laurette in BizetʼsLe Docteur miracle for the WexfordFestival; Hyacinthus in Mozartʼs Apolloand Hyacinthus on tour in the UK, Italyand France; and Aminta in Il Rè pastorein Italy and at the Barbican with theClassical Opera Company. Her futureengagements include First Witch in Didoand Aeneas for Opera North.Fiona CampbellDirectorLindy Hume is one of Australiaʼsmost versatile directors, respectedinternationally for fresh interpretationsof a wide variety of repertoire. Shehas been Artistic Director of WestAustralian Opera (1993-96), VictoriaState Opera (1996) and OzOpera, theMelbourne-based touring, research anddevelopment arm of Opera Australia(1996-2001); she is currently ArtisticDirector of the Perth International ArtsFestival, a position she took up in 2002,and recipient of an Australia CouncilTheatre Board Fellowship 2007-09.Martene has given recitals at the RoyalOpera House in the Lindbury Studio andCrush Room. She made her WigmoreHall debut as part of the Tillett TrustYoung Artist Platform in December2003; her other recital engagementshave included performances at StJohnʼs Smith Square for the RosenblattSeries, Fairfield Hall Croydon and theHarrogate Festival.Bridget ElliotAmong the more than 20 recordingsin his discography, recently-releasedCDs include LʼOrfeo (Pinchgut Opera);Baroque Duets with Sara Macliverand Sally-Anne Russell (winner of theinaugural ABC Classic FM ListenerʼsChoice prize at the 2005 ARIA awards);Ye Banks and Braes, a collection of folksongs with Cantillation; and Magnificatwith Emma Kirkby and Orchestra ofthe Antipodes.Bridget ElliotBrett Leigh DicksA graduate of the University of Sydneyand a former Young Artist with OperaAustralia, Antony was appointed MusicalDirector of Sydney Philharmonia Choirsat the age of 22. In 1997 he becameChorusmaster and staff conductorat Welsh National Opera, beforerelocating to the United States in 2002.In 2001 with Alison Johnston he formedthe professional chorus Cantillation,Orchestra of the Antipodes and SinfoniaAustralis, all of which have madenumerous recordings for ABC Classics.Martene Grimson graduated from theSydney Conservatorium of Music beforemoving to London where she completedher studies at the Royal College ofMusicʼs Benjamin Britten Opera Schooland at the National Opera Studio. Shewas supported by the Royal OperaHouse, Countess of Munster MusicalScholarship and the Madeline FindenMemorial Award.Il tabarro, Cavalleria rusticana,Esclarmonde, Roberto Devereux and Ladonna del lago for Washington ConcertOpera. In 2005 Antony conductedconcerts in Sydney and Melbourne withEmma Kirkby, Cantillation and Orchestraof the Antipodes for Musica Viva.Elettra2007 the New London Consort will beundertaking an international tour ofLʼOrfeo with Mark in the title role.Other recent opera engagements includeHyllus (Handelʼs Hercules) in Potsdam;the title role in Rameauʼs Platée inLisbon; Eurimaco (Monteverdiʼs Il ritornodʼUlisse in patria) with Boston Baroque;Gomatz (Mozartʼs Zaide) at La Monnaieand for Opéra du Rhin; The Novice(Billy Budd) for the Royal Opera, CoventGarden; and Marzio (Mitridate) underChristophe Rousset at the Théâtre duChâtelet in Paris.Markʼs discography includes VivaldiʼsAndromeda liberata with the VeniceBaroque Orchestra and MonteverdiʼsLʼincoronazione di Poppea under JohnEliot Gardiner (Deutsche Grammophon);LʼOrfeo with Pinchgut Opera (ABCClassics); Boaz (Lennox Berkeleyʼs Ruth)with the City of London Sinfonia underRichard Hickox (Chandos); andA Midsummer Nightʼs Dream underColin Davis (Philips).Bridget ElliotAntony Walker is Artistic Director andConductor of Washington Concert Operaand has recently been announced thenew Music Director of Pittsburgh Opera.IliaPenelope Mills holds a Master of Musicdegree from the Royal Northern Collegeof Music (Manchester) and a Bachelorof Music Education from the SydneyConservatorium. Whilst in the UK, shewon scholarships from the DʼOyly CarteCharitable Trust and the Royal NorthernCollege, and was a finalist in theprestigious Elizabeth Harwood Prize.Penelopeʼs opera engagements includeEuridice (LʼOrfeo) and Vénus (Dardanus)for Pinchgut Opera, Gretel (Hansel andGretel) and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) forPacific Opera, Tatyana (Eugene Onegin)for Stowe Opera in the UK, and Susanna(The Marriage of Figaro), Nedda(Pagliacci) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni)for the Royal Northern College.Performances with the Sydney ConcertOrchestra, SBS Youth Orchestra andWilloughby Symphony have includedBachʼs B Minor Mass, Poulencʼs Gloria,Handelʼs Messiah, the Rutter and FauréRequiems, Vaughan Williamsʼ PilgrimʼsJourney and Dona nobis pacem, C.P.E.Bachʼs Magnificat, Pergolesiʼs Stabatmater, Vivaldiʼs Gloria and BeethovenʼsSymphony No.9 and Choral Fantasia.Recent contemporary repertoireperformances include Ib NørholmʼsImpressions, based on The LittleMermaid (Sydney Festival), works byKaija Saariaho (The Seymour Group)and The Earth that Fire Touches byAustralian composer John Peterson(Sydney Philharmonia Choirs).Recent appearances have includedCarmina burana, the Mozart Requiemand concerts in the Immortal Bachseries, all for Sydney PhilharmoniaChoirs, Carmina burana for the RoyalMelbourne Philharmonic Society, herSydney Symphony debut in La rondineand an American debut recital inWashington DC.Future engagements will include areturn to Sydney Symphony to performVaughan Williamsʼ Sinfonia Antartica,Bachʼs St John Passion with TheQueensland Orchestra, Messiahwith Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and asolo recital in the Shakespeare Festival,Washington DC.

Nicole ThomsonPaul McMahonFirst Cretan WomanArbacePaul was a member of The Song Companyfrom 1997 to 2001, touring regularlywith this ensemble throughout Australia,Asia and Europe. A Churchill Fellowshipin 2002 enabled him to undertakeintensive study in Baroque repertoire atthe Royal Conservatoire in The Hague,Netherlands. In 2005, Paul was appointedLecturer in Voice at the University ofNewcastleʼs School of Drama, Fine Artand Music (Conservatorium).His discography includes the solo albumA Painted Tale – English, French andBorn in Queensland, Nicole Thomsonstudied at the Conservatorium of Musicin Brisbane. In 1996, she moved toSydney to join The Song Company.Italian lute songs; LʼOrfeo, The FairyQueen and Semele with Pinchgut Opera;and, with Cantillation, Handelʼs Messiah(a CD and DVD recording broadcastnationally on ABC Television), CarlOrffʼs Carmina burana and Fauréʼs LaNaissance de Vénus.Performances in 2006 have includedconcerts with the Adelaide SymphonyOrchestra, Auckland Philharmonia andThe Queensland Orchestra (MozartʼsRequiem), the West Australian SymphonyOrchestra and the Australian ChamberOrchestra (Mozartʼs Great Mass in CMinor), Sydney Chamber Choir (BachʼsSt Matthew Passion), and numerousappearances with Sydney PhilharmoniaChoirs (Bachʼs Christmas Oratorio,Handelʼs Coronation Anthems andMozartʼs Requiem). In 2007, Paul willappear with The Queensland Orchestra,Sydney Philharmonia Choirs andthe Melbourne Chorale, and at theAustralian Festival of Chamber Music.Since moving interstate, Nicole hasperformed with Sydney PhilharmoniaChoirs, Ensemble Aark, Cantillation,ACO Voices and the Sydney Symphony.Solo engagements in 2006 haveincluded Michael Daughertyʼs WhatʼsThat Spell? at the Aurora Festival,Mozartʼs Requiem with The JubilateSingers and, with the StrathfieldSymphony Orchestra, Mozartʼs LaudateDominum and Haydnʼs Nelson Mass.Nicole was a guest artist with the SydneyUniversity Musical Society in September,performing Schubertʼs MirjamsSiegesgesang, and lieder by Strauss,Wolf, Liszt and Mozart. She has beenBridget ElliotBridget ElliotHighly regarded for his interpretationof Baroque repertoire, particularly theEvangelist in the Passions of J.S. Bach,Paul McMahon has performed manyworks from the opera and concertrepertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries.Highlights include appearances withall the state symphony orchestras ofAustralia, Australian Chamber Orchestra,Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, PinchgutOpera, Australia Ensemble, AucklandPhilharmonia Orchestra, ChristchurchSymphony, Christchurch City Choir andRoyal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir.Second Cretan WomanPaul McMahon appears courtesy ofThe University of Newcastle.Natalie Shea is a founding memberof ACO Voices and Cantillation, andhas appeared in Pinchgut Operaʼsproductions of Semele, The Fairy Queen,LʼOrfeo and Dardanus. She has been amember of Sydney Chamber Choir for20 years, and of the Choir of St JamesʼChurch King Street for more than ten.High Priest of NeptuneBridget ElliotAs a singer, Brett has been a full-timemember of The Song Company and achorus member of Opera Australia andPinchgut Opera. His solo repertoireranges from Handel and Monteverdito Britten and Stravinsky and he hasappeared with the Sydney ChamberChoir, Opera Australia, AustralianChamber Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera,Sydney Philharmonia and theSydney Symphony.Brett Weymark appears courtesy ofSydney Philharmonia Choirs.First Trojan ManBorn in Hong Kong, Philip Chu studiedvoice at the University of Sydney andhas recently completed a Mastersdegree in conducting at the SydneyConservatorium, under the tutelageof Imre Pallo. He sings regularly withCantillation, the Australian BrandenburgChoir and ACO Voices and has alsoperformed with The Song Company,Sydney Chamber Choir and SydneyPhilharmonia Choirs. Solo engagementshave included Mozartʼs Requiem(Sydney Chamber Choir), musicby Gesualdo and Rossini (SydneySymphonyʼs Shock of the New),Vivaldiʼs Magnificat with Emma Kirkbyand Cantillation, and the role of FourthShepherd in LʼOrfeo for Pinchgut Opera.Ed HughesDidier FrédéricVoice (Oracle)For Opera Australia Didier has appearedas Moralès (Carmen), Messaggero (Latraviata), The Journalist (Lulu), Yamadori(Madama Butterfly), Trifon Petrovich(Eugene Onegin), Lictor (Orpheus inthe Underworld), Officer (Ariadneauf Naxos), Sergeant (La bohème),Porter (Lady Macbeth of the MtsenskDistrict) and Third Noble (Lohengrin).He premiered Lee BracegirdleʼsAmmerseelieder with the SydneySymphony in 2005, and this year sangthe roles of Crébillon, Rabonnier and TheMajordomo in the orchestraʼs concertperformances of La rondine.Australian Brandenburg Orchestra,Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, SydneyChamber Choir and the SydneyConservatorium Symphony Orchestra.He has recently returned from StPetersburg, where he participated in aninternational conducting masterclass.From 2007 Philip will take on the role ofChorusmaster at Willoughby SymphonyOrchestra.Philip has been guest/assistant conductorfor many ensembles including theDavid GrecoSecond Trojan ManDidier is also a trained phoniatrician,a specialist medical discipline dealingwith voice, communication, hearing andlanguage disorders.A graduate of the SydneyConservatorium of Music, David Greco isa member of Cantillation and appearedin Pinchgut Operaʼs productions of TheFairy Queen, LʼOrfeo and Dardanus.He made his solo opera debut in 2003as Papageno in The Magic Flute withPacific Opera.Bridget ElliotBridget ElliotHis opera roles have included TheYoung Cadet (Zimmermanʼs DieSoldaten) and Schaunard (La bohème)at Opéra Bastille; Athanaël (Thaïs) in acentenary performance at the historicParis Library; Thierry, First Officer andSecond Commissary (Dialogues ofthe Carmelites) at the Palais Garnier;and Count Almaviva (The Marriage ofFigaro) at Lyon Opera, where he alsocreated the title role in Dufourtʼs Dédale.Natalie holds a Bachelor of Musicdegree with first class honours from theUniversity of Sydney and is active asa pre-concert speaker and a writer onmusic.Philip ChuOther activities have included playingcontinuo for Sounds Baroque as partof the Musica Viva In Schools program(1996-99) and teaching in the Theatredepartment at the University of WesternSydney (1998-2003). In 2002 he wasawarded a grant from the NSW Ministryfor the Arts to further his conductingDidier Frédéric graduated from theMarseille and Paris Conservatoires andParis Operaʼs Ecole dʼArt Lyrique. Hehas studied with Jane Berbié, IleanaCotrubas, Régine Crespin, Victoria delos Angeles and Gérard Souzay amongstothers, and was a prizewinner at the1994 Kiwanis International SingingCompetition at Lyon Opera.Brittenʼs Rejoice in the Lamb (TasmanianSymphony Orchestra).Solo engagements have includedRachmaninovʼs All-Night Vigil withSydney Philharmonia Choirs in Sydneyand on tour in Worcester Cathedral inEngland, Mozartʼs Solemn Vespers ofa Confessor (Sydney Chamber Choir),Requiem (Ku-ring-gai PhilharmonicOrchestra) and Coronation Mass(Georgian Singers), Vivaldiʼs Gloria(Bel A Cappella), Haydnʼs Salve Regina(Taverner Consort) and Nelson Mass(Strathfield Symphony Orchestra), andBridget Elliotstudies in England, Europe and America.In 2001 he was awarded a CentenaryMedal for services to choral music.From 2003 to 2005 he was MusicalDirector and Conductor for PacificOpera, conducting productions ofThe Magic Flute, Hansel and Greteland Così fan tutte.Nicole Thomson appears courtesyof The Song Company.Natalie SheaBrett WeymarkBrett Weymark studied singing at theUniversity of Sydney and conducting atthe Sydney Conservatorium of Musicunder Mats Nilsson, John Hopkins,Henryk Pisarek and Patrick Thomas.In 2000, he was appointed AssistantChorus Master at Sydney PhilharmoniaChoirs and in 2003 took up the positionof Musical Director.involved in recording several CDs, mostrecently in Hong Kong with the ChineseVirtuosi Orchestra. Future travel plansinclude Kuala Lumpur, where The SongCompany will be performing BerioʼsSinfonia with the Malaysian PhilharmonicOrchestra.Last year David was a soloist with theTasmanian Symphony Orchestra andwith Sydney Phillharmonia Motet Choirin the cantata series Immortal Bach. Hetoured with Emma Kirkby as a soloist andchorister on her Musica Viva concerts inAustralia with Cantillation.This Mozart anniversary year has seenDavid appearing as bass soloist in theCoronation Mass with the AustralianBrandenburg Orchestra and making hissolo debut with the Australian ChamberOrchestra in the Great Mass in C minor.He has also toured with The SongCompany for the Musica Viva In Schoolsprogram and performed the role ofPérichaud in the Sydney Symphonyʼsconcert performances of La rondine.

Sharolyn KimmorleyRepetiteurSharolyn regularly accompanies themajor singing competitions and in 1983was invited by Tito Gobbi to be theaccompanist for the International SingingCompetition at Bassano del Grappaand coach for the Studio dellʼoperaitaliana at Asolo. In 2001 she was a jurymember for the first China (Guangdong)International Singing Competition andLighting DesignerSharolyn is regarded as one ofAustraliaʼs finest vocal coaches andaccompanists and has appearedin recital with Håkan Hagegård,Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Sir ThomasAllen, Kathleen Battle, DesiréeRancatore, Teddy Tahu Rhodes andJonathan Lemalu. In 2004, she wasrehearsal conductor and vocal coachfor the State Opera of South AustraliaʼsRing cycle.In 2007 Sharolyn will be guest vocalcoach at the Cardiff International VocalAcademy and Londonʼs Guildhall Schoolof Music and Drama.Neal has taught at Trinity Collegeand the Royal Academy of Musicin London and at the University ofLeeds. He is currently Chair of EarlyMusic and Lecturer in Musicologyand Early Keyboards at the SydneyConservatorium of Music (University ofSydney), where he is also Director of theEarly Music Ensemble.Andrew Johnston has been with PinchgutOpera since the beginning: he wasProduction Assistant on Semele and TheFairy Queen and Production Managerfor LʼOrfeo and Dardanus.Dan PotraTamsin MartinScenic DesignerStage ManagerBridget ElliotHis credits include Carmina burana(State Opera of South Australia/ TheAustralian Ballet co-production), TheMagic Flute, Nabucco, Carmen, Lakmé,Jenůfa and Orlando (Opera Australia),Ariadne auf Naxos, Batavia and Lovein the Age of Therapy (OzOpera),The Barber of Seville (Houston GrandOpera), Christinaʼs World and Quito(Sydney Metropolitan Opera), TheBurrow and Wide Sargasso Sea(Chamber Made Opera), Rigolettoand The Barber of Seville (WellingtonCity Opera), Lakmé (VictoriaState Opera), Lenz and Orlando(OzOpera/Melbourne Festival), TheDan was the designer of the Deep SeaDreaming and Tin Symphony segmentsof the Opening Ceremony of theSydney 2000 Olympic Games, and wasproduction designer for the OpeningCeremony of the 2006 MelbourneCommonwealth Games. In 2005 Danwas nominated for an AFI award for BestProduction Design in a Feature Film forTom White.Hamish PetersCostume DesignerHamish Peters is a graduate of theBachelor of Design program at NIDA.His work for the theatre includesTerrorism (square the circle/DarlinghurstTheatre Company); Lawrence andHolloman and Fuddy Meers (FishyProductions/Darlinghurst TheatreCompany); Fragments and Le Mariageforcé (Bread and Butter Theatre);Beatrice (atyp); The Women ofLockerbie, Mother Teresa Is Dead andthe Australian premiere of EdwardAlbeeʼs Box and Quotations fromChairman Mao Tse-Tung (CumulusProductions); How Much Is Your Iron(Department of Education); Loveplay(Ride-On/B Sharp); and Elegies forAngels, Punks and Raging Queens(Gay Games), as well as costume designfor Sleeping Around (Night Parrot/Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre).Tamsin Martin studied at the BallaratAcademy of Performing Arts, graduatingwith a Bachelor of Arts degree inTheatre Production.Medium, Trouble in Tahiti and Tolomeo(Belgium), Salome (Mariinsky Operain St Petersburg and 2001 MelbourneInternational Festival of Arts), Batavia,Carmen and The Threepenny Opera(West Australian Opera), Norma andA Streetcar Named Desire (St GallenOpera Theatre) and La bohème forBerlin Staatsoper.In the opera theatre, Hamish hasdesigned Romeo and Juliette for OperaAustralia and Opera Queensland, andDardanus for Pinchgut Opera. He wasAssistant Costume Designer for PinchgutOperaʼs productions of Semele and TheFairy Queen.Film and television credits include KingsCaravan (Myacamus Films), WishingYou Were Here and Cake with directorBriony Dunn, and Come Here Leon,The Trees and Afterlife (AustralianFilm, Television and Radio School).He has also been Assistant CostumeDesigner on Farscape and Dynasty:Behind the Scenes.In 2007 Hamish will be designing setsand costumes for the Ensemble Theatreproduction of Derrida in Love.Bridget ElliotDan Potra graduated from the Designprogram at NIDA in 1991, and nowdesigns for theatre, opera, film andtelevision nationally and internationally.Bridget ElliotOriginally trained as an actor at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School, Andrewhas worked in and around the artsin many guises: as an actor, scriptsupervisor for television, script assessor,score reader and in numerous artsadministration roles. He has also been amember of The Contemporary Singers.Bridget ElliotBridget ElliotNeal specialises in performance onkeyboard instruments of the 17th,18th and 19th centuries. Co-founderof the acclaimed period-instrumentensemble Florilegium, he has alsoperformed with the Orchestra of theAge of Enlightenment, Academy ofAncient Music, Australian ChamberOrchestra, Sydney Symphony,Australian Bach Ensemble, Salut!Baroque, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs,The Song Company and the AustralianBrandenburg Orchestra.He has also toured and re-lit I Am MyOwn Wife (MTC), Doubt, Copenhagen,Stones in His Pockets and The ChristianBrothers (STC) and Small Poppies(Company B).Production ManagerRepetiteurHis recordings include a disc of 19thcentury music for clarinet and fortepianowith Colin Lawson and numerous CDswith Florilegium; forthcoming releasesinclude the Bach sonatas for viola dagamba and harpsichord with DanielYeadon, the Bach accompanied violinsonatas with Richard Tognetti, and a discof chamber music by Telemann, Handeland Vivaldi with Genevieve Lacey andDaniel Yeadon.His opera credits include Così fan tuttefor Pacific Opera and Dialogues of theCarmelites and The Pirates of Penzancefor the Sydney Conservatorium, as wellas Semele, The Fairy Queen, LʼOrfeoand Dardanus for Pinchgut Opera. Inassociation with Nick Schlieper, Berniehas worked on the Ring cycle and Parsifalfor State Opera of South Australia, TwoBrothers, Great Expectations, Inheritanceand The Visit (MTC), The BourgeoisGentleman and The School for Scandal(STC) and Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish(Windmill Performing Arts).Andrew JohnstonNeal Peres Da CostaNeal Peres Da Costa studied at theUniversity of Sydney and at the GuildhallSchool of Music and City University,London before being awarded a PhDfrom the University of Leeds in 2002 forhis research into performing practices inlate 19th-century piano playing.Bernie Tan-Hayesʼs drama and musicalcredits include Gondwana for Erth Visualand Physical, Macbeth (Sydney TheatreCompany), Drill and Special Mention(Stompin Youth Dance Company),The Admiralʼs Odyssey (ActionTheatre, Singapore), Amigos (La Boite,Queensland), Dreaming Transportation(Performing Lines), The Flood, The Seedand Mr Barbecue (NORPA), Story Time(Naked Theatre Company), Bob CatsDancing, Bob Cat Magic and ChartersTowers – The Musical (QueenslandMusic Festival), Knives in Hens (BSharp), Borderlines (Griffin TheatreCompany), Angel City, Mary Stuart andFreak Winds (Tamarama Rock Surfers),Hamlet (Pork Chop Productions) and ACouple of Blaguards and Are You There(Ensemble Theatre Company).she is regularly invited to adjudicatethe ABC Symphony Australia YoungPerformers Awards.Bridget ElliotBridget ElliotAfter studying at the SydneyConservatorium of Music, SharolynKimmorley joined the Music Staff ofThe Australian Opera; she has held thepositions of Head of Music Staff, ArtisticAdministrator and Director of MusicAdministration with Opera Australia. Sheis currently a staff member of the SydneyConservatorium and a regular guestvocal coach at The Australian OperaStudio in Perth.Bernie Tan-HayesShe has been an Assistant StageManager with Opera Australia since2004, working on The Mikado,The Barber of Seville, The Marriageof Figaro, The Magic Flute, HMSPinafore/Trial By Jury, Nabucco, DonGiovanni, Death in Venice, The RakeʼsProgress, The Gondoliers, Lakmé,Turandot and Rigoletto (including theOperatunity Oz performance broadcaston ABC TV).Since 2003, she has also worked as afreelance Stage Manager, for Antonyand the Johnsons (Sydney Festival2006), and on productions of I Do inCaroline Springs (Momus Productions)and Carmen (Co-Opera). In 2002 shetook up a secondment to Chamber MadeOpera, working as Assistant ProductionManager/Surtitle Operator on theirproduction of Motherland.

Orchestra of the AntipodesCantillationAntony WalkerMusic DirectorAlison JohnstonManagerHugh Hamilton* Anna McDonald sponsored byGrosvenor Financial ServicesAntony WalkerMusic DirectorAlison JohnstonManagerSopranoAnna FraserBelinda MontgomeryAlison MorganJane SheldonNicole ThomsonAltosJo BurtonAnne FarrellJudy HerskovitsNatalie SheaHelen ShermanTenorsPhilip ChuJohn PitmanDan WalkerBrett WeymarkRaff WilsonBassesDaniel BeerCorin BoneCraig EveringhamDavid GrecoDavid RussellCantillation is a chorus of professionalsingers – an ensemble of fine voiceswith the speed, agility and flexibility of achamber orchestra. Formed in 2001 byAntony Walker and Alison Johnston, ithas since been busy in the concert hall,opera theatre and the recording studio.Performances have included John

(Minnesota Opera), Handelʼs Orlando and Semele (New York City Opera), Così fan tutte and Tosca (Hawaii Opera Theatre), Il ritorno dʼUlisse in patria (Pittsburgh Opera), Roméo et Juliette and La Cenerentola (Sugar Creek Festival), Vanessa (Chautauqua Opera), The Fairy Queen, LʼOrfeo and