Bronwyn Douglass (2017 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship) What does winning this Award mean to you? It is an absolute honour to be the 2017 recipient of The Opera Foundation for young Australians’ Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship. Pursuing a career in opera is a long, challenging and expensive endeavour. Unfortunately often personal studies have [...]

Siobhan Stagg (2011 American Institute of Music Studies Award & AIMS Sundell Study Award) It's been an interesting few years since winning the AIMS Award & AIMS Sundell Study Award back in 2011. The six week summer school in Graz, Austria was the first time I'd been able to focus my energies 100% on my [...]

Livia Brash (2017 Dalwood-Wylie American Institute of Musical Studies Award & AIMS Sundell Awards) What does winning these Awards mean to you? To be considered by The Opera Foundation for young Australians is a great honour, for which I am incredibly thankful. Winning this Award and being given the wonderful opportunity to work on my [...]

Paull-Anthony Keightley (2017 Deutsche Oper Berlin Award) What does winning this Award mean to you? Being named the winner of The Opera Foundation for young Australians' Deutsche Oper Berlin Award is absolutely life changing. Not only will I have the opportunity to observe some of the greatest artists of our generation, I will be singing along-side [...]

Fiona Jopson (2017 Vienna State Opera Award) What does winning this Award mean to you? A few years ago I was assessing my life and career goals for the next 5 to 10 years. One of these goals was to experience the international stage and the Vienna State Opera was one of the houses on [...]

Sam Roberts-Smith – baritone – WA Why did you audition for the Deutsche Oper Berlin Award? The Deutsche Oper Berlin is one of the greatest opera companies in the world, able to secure the most highly demanded international singers and present productions of the highest possible standard. Since graduating from the Western Australian Academy of [...]