...showed a nice sense of mock heroic overdoses in his courting – The Age 2005 (Cosi fan tutte)
There was very strong support from Laurence Meikle as an upright Hercules - What’s On Stage, 2010 (Il Giasone)
December 2007
Recital for the Swiss Global Foundation for the Arts with pianist Amir Farid.
Songs and arias by Mozart, Strauss, Schubert, and Wolf. Montreaux, Switzerland.
December 13th.
Excerpts from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Starveling/Demitrious)
Victorian College of the Arts, Conducted by Stephen Mould.
December 2nd - Phone 9685 9423
Mozart’s Requiem for World AIDS Day, St. Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne,
December 1st.
November 2007
Handel’s Messiah, Camerata Orchestra and Camberwell Chorale, Williamstown.
November 10th - Phone 9561 2531
Handel’s Messiah, Camerata Orchestra and Camberwell Chorale, Camberwell.
November 17th - Phone 9561 2531
Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, with soprano Nicole Carr, Victorian College of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marco van Pagee. Melbourne Town Hall.
November 21 - Phone 9685 9423
Luiz in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Opera Australia, The Sydney Opera House, until November 3 - Phone 02 9318 8200
October 2007
Luiz in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Opera Australia, The Sydney Opera House.
October 24 until November 3 - Phone 02 9318 8200
September 2007
“Live at the Convent”, 3MBS Radio, 103.5 FM. Lieder recital with pianist, Aura Go. Schumann’s Dichterliebe, and songs by Wolf, Strauss, Schubert, and Schumann.
Live at 1.30 pm Tuesday October 2nd.
Der Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Australian National University, Canberra,
Conducted by Peter Leonard
Phone 02 6275 2700
Radio broadcast of the 2007 National Liederfest Finals concert, 3MBS Radio, 103.5 FM. Saturday September 22, 10.am. Songs by Strauss, Wolf, Schneider and Schumann, with pianist Aura Go. (Recipients of several awards, including the People’s Choice Award)
Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Bach’s cantata190, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra and Box Hill Chorale, conducted by Andrew Wails. Glen Waverley Police Academy Chapel
Sunday 16th September - Phone 9326 7331
“The Last romantic”, a celebration of Heinrich Heine. Liederarbend featuring works by Strauss, Suchmann, Schubert Eisler, Reger and others. Also featuring the incredible talents of soprano Emily Blanch and pianist Aura Go. The Lieder Society of Victoria, Clifton Performing Arts Centre.
Phone 9534 4094
August 2007
Melbourne Fashion Week Launch for The Royal Children’s Hospital, with soprano Angela Taylor. Crown Palladium.
“Bel Canto”, afternoon recital. Featuring Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Strauss songs and arias by Mozart, Wagner & Rossini.
Rossini’s Petite Messe Sollenelle, Victorian College of the Arts Open Day. Conducted by Stephen Grant, Amanda Hodder and Jodie Lockyer, pianists.
Phone 9685 9423
Lunchtime recital with Aura Go, The Opera Society of Australia. Featuring arias by Mozart, Donizetti and Wagner; songs by Schumann, Strauss and Rodgers & Hammerstein.
September 10 - Phone 9808 7564
July 2007
Scubert’s “Great” Mass in Eb Major, Camerata Orchestra and Camberwell Chorale, conducted by Douglas Heywood. Hawthorn Town Hall.
Sunday July 29 - Phone 9561 2531
June 2007
Music Lover’s Society recital with pianist Aura Go. Featuring Schumann’s Dichterliebe, and works by Strauss, Wolf, Schneider and Schubert. Solo piano works by Beethoven, Mozart and Liszt. , Ewing Uniting Church, Malvern.
Sunday June 30 - Phone 9822 7292
Finalist in the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra’s Oratorio Competition.
BMW Edge, Federation Square.
Sunday 24 June, 7pm - Phone 9326 7331
Victorian College of the Arts Vocal Gala, excerpts from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte Almaviva), with the VCA Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marco van Pagee. Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts.
Thursday June 20th - Phone 9685 9423
The Pirates of Penzance, Opera Australia. The State theatre, The Arts Centre. Featuring Anthony Warlow, Suzanne Johnston, David Hobson and Orchestra Victoria lead by Julia de Plater.
Until June 2 - Phone 968 53700
May 2007
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Opera Australia. The State Theatre, Melbourne. Featuring Anthony Warlow, Suzanne Johnston, David Hobson and Orchestra Victoria lead by Julia de Plater. May 17 until June 2. Phone 9685 3700
April 2007
“Concert for Peace”, featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Michael Easton’s Symphony for Unsung Heroes. Camerata Orchestra and Camberwell Chorale, conducted by Douglas Heywood. , MLC Auditorium, Hawthorn.
Sunday April 29 - Phone 9561 2531
National Liederfest Finals, the Lieder Society of Victoria. Programme of works by Strauss, Schumann, Wolf and Schneider. With pianist Aura Go.
Camberwell Grammar School Music Auditorium.
Sunday April 22 - Phone 9534 4094
“Love and the Art of War”, Monteverdi’s Eighth Book of Madrigals in a staged performance by Caroline Stacey. e21 and Ludovico’s Band Castlemaine State Festival.
April 3 - Phone 03 5434 6100
March 2007
Premier of song cycles by composer Martin Rutherford. English Songs, Northumbrian Songs, Scottish Songs and Songs of War. Melbourne Grammar School Orchestra, conducted by Martin Rutherford. Melbourne Grammar School Music Auditorium.
March 22, 7pm - Phone 9865 7555
“A Night of Opera”, fundraiser for soprano Mylinda Joyce. Also featuring Roxanne Hislop,
Jason Wasley and David McSkimming.
Monday March 5th, 7.30pm, Horti Hall.
Marjory Lawrence Centenary Celebrations, National Trust’s “Music in Historic Venues” series. Lieder and arias with pianist Aura Go. Glenfern Mansion, Melbourne, The Team of Pianists,
Sunday March 3rd, 5pm - Phone 9527 2851
February 2007
Madama Butterfly (Commissioner). Melbourne Opera, Her Hajestey’s Theatre, Melbourne. Featuring Antoinette Halloran.
February 12-22 - Phone 9614 4188
Marjory Lawrence Centenary Celebrations, National Trust’s “Music in Historic Venues” series. Lieder and arias with pianist Aura Go. Barwon Park, Winchelsea The Team of Pianists.
Sunday February 18, 3pm - Phone 9527 2851
Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Les Noces, Victorian Opera.
Orchestra Victoria, conducted by Richard Gill. Hamer Hall.
February 17th - Phone 9001 6400
January 2007
“Love and the Art of War”, Monteverdi’s Eighth Book of Madrigals in a staged performance by Caroline Stacey. e21 and Ludovico’s Band. Ballarat Organs of the Goldfields Festival,
Wendouree Performing Arts Centre
January 12 - Phone 03 5332 6097
December 2008
Australian Music Foundation Prizewinner’s Concert.
Christie’s Great Hall, King St, St. James. With Pianist Amir Farid.
Repertoire to include Vaughan Williams, Puccini, Mozart and Donizetti.
November 2008
Recital at The Restoration Club, with pianist Amir Farid.
Repertoire to include Strauss, Rodgers, Donizetti.
Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, St. Bartholomew’s Orchestra and Choir.
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Reading. November 2nd, 7pm
October 2008
Recital at the London Arts Club, with pianist Amir Farid.
Repertoire to include Vaughan Williams, Strauss, Mozart and Donizetti.
In association with the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation.
Royal Academy Opera Tableaux, excerpts from opera, including Les pêcheurs de perles.
Kings Place, London. October 2, 2pm. Phone 0844 264 0321
September 2008
Laurence will relocate to the UK for opera study at London’s Royal Academy of Music.
August 2008
The Elixir of Love, Victorian Opera, Merlyn Theatre at the CUB Malthouse, Melbourne. Orchestra Victoria, conducted by Warwick Stengards. Starring David Hobson and Antoinette Halloran.
August 11-21 - Phone Ticketmaster 1300 723 038
July 2008
Afternoon Opera, Laurence Meikle and Claire Egan
Special Guests Joanna Cole and Phillipa Safey
Sunday July 27, 3pm MLC Kew
Phone 9421 1336
Mercurio/Littore in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Victorian Opera at the National Academy of Music, Melbourne. Conducted by Richard Gill.
July 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 - Phone Ticketmaster 1300 723 038
Schaunard in La Bohème, Melbourne Opera. Canberra Theatre Centre.
July 19th, Matinee and evening performance. Conducted by Greg Hocking.
Phone Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
June 2008
Acclaim Awards Puccini Concert
Celebration for the 150th birthday of Puccini’s birth. Australia Club, Melbourne.
Arias and duets with soprano Nicole Car.
June 26
Opera at the Bond Store, opera arias and duets
Bond Store Cafe, with Phillipa Safey, Sarah Cole and Jaqueline Porter.
June 14, 7.30pm - Phone 0414 431 326
Opera in the Country - arias and duets at Stonelea Country Estate
With Suzanne Shakespeare and Phillipa Safey
Stonelea Country Estate, Alexandria
June 9 - Phone 03 5772 2222
May 2008
Un Ballo in Maschera, Opera Australia. State Theatre, Melbourne. Conducted by Andrea Licata Starring Julian Gavin, Michael Lewis, Nicole Youl.
April 16 - May 10 - Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
Mozart’s Missa Solemnis and Regina Coeli, Australian Catholic University Choir and
Royal Melbourhne Philharmonic Orchestra
Central Hall, ACU
May 15 - Phone 93267331
Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh and Mozart’s Requiem, Camberwell Chorale & Camerata Orchestra
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC, Barkers Road Kew.
May 18 - Phone 03 9391 2086
Schaunard in La Bohème, Melbourne Opera. Regional Tour of Victoria, Tasmania & New South Wales (dates and locations to come). Conducted by Greg Hocking.
Phone Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
April 2008
Schubertiade, Box Hill Chorale and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra
Mass in G Major, selected lieder and chamber works
St.Mary’s Atar of the Sea, North Melbourne
April 27 - Phone RMP 9326 7331
Un Ballo in Maschera, Opera Australia. State Theatre, Melbourne. Conducted by Andrea Licata Starring Julian Gavin, Michael Lewis, Nicole Youl.
April 16 - May 10 - Phone Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
Schaunard in La Bohème, Melbourne Opera. Regional Tour of Victoria, Tasmania & New South Wales (dates and locations to come). Conducted by Greg Hocking.
Phone Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
Friends of the Victorian College of the Arts Opera Gala
Arias and Duets with Claire Egan, Nicole Car and Phillipa Safey.
William Angliss School
April 29 - Phone VCA 9685 9300
March 2008
Schaunard in La Bohème, Melbourne Opera. Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne. Followed by a regional tour (dates and locations to come). Conducted by Greg Hocking.
March 5, 8, 15, 16 - Phone Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
Opera Society Inc Lunctime Recital with Amanda Hodder. Wiliam Angliss School.
March 18 - Phone 9380 6590
February 2008
Opera by the Lake, Lake Burleigh Griffin, Canberra. Sunday February 18th, 5pm.
With Stopera Orchestra conducted by Andrew Greene. Excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, Tannhauser and others.
Opera in the Park. City of Stonington, with David Kram conducting. Victoria Gardens, Prahran. Sunday February 9, 6.30pm,
Summer Fun – Victorian Opera concert in Fitzroy Gardens. With David McSkimming and Richard Gill. Sunday February 4th, 4pm.
December 2009
Handel’s Messiah
East London Chorus, conducted by Alex Chaplin
St.John’s Church, Waterloo
December 5, 5pm
November 2009
Opera Gala
Orchestra of the City, conducted by Christopher Hopkins
Repertoire to include excerpts from Billy Budd, La Bohème, Le Nozze di Figaro
St Augustines Church, South Kensington
November 26, 7.30pm
Handel’s Messiah
Cambridge Music Festival
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Redmond
All Saints Church, Cambridge
November 15, 5pm
Sing a Song of Empire
Recital at Australia House, London
Repertoire to include Elgar’s The Fringes of the Fleet
November 18, 7pm
October 2009
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in Concert
Hong Kong Opera Gala, including repertoire from L’elisir d’amore, Pagliacci, Beatrice di Tenda
Welcome Theatre, Hong Kong
October 9, 7pm
September 2009
Royal Academy Opera Tableaux
Appearing in excerpts from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Jamie Hayes and conducted by Jane Glover
Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London
September 24 and 25, 6pm
July 2009
Solti Te Kanawa Accademia di Bel Canto
Masterclasses and performances in Castiglione della Pescaia, Tuscany, Italy.
Teaching faculty to include Jonathan Papp, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Dennis O’Neil.
Opera Gala
L’Andana, Tenuta La Badiola, Italy
July 18, 8pm
Opera Gala
Piazza Solti, Castiglione della Pescia, Italy
July 17, 9pm
June 2009
Royal Academy Opera Tableaux
Appearing in excerpts from Wozzek and L’elisir d’amore
Directed by John Ramsder, conducted by Dominic Wheeler. David Josefowitz Hall,
Royal Academy of Music, London.
June 22 and 23, 6pm
May 2009
Hampstead Lieder Recital, including Schumann’s Dichterliebe
With pianist Nico de Villiers. Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London
May 23, 3pm
Martino in Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro, Royal Academy Opera
Conducted by Dominic Wheeler, and directed by Daniele Guerra
Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music London
May 14 and 15, 7pm
Soloist in Elgar’s Fringes of the Fleet and other songs,
Studio Recording for Somm Recordings. Release date to be advised.
March 2009
Royal Academy Opera Tableaux
Appearing in excerpts from Les pêcheurs de perles, Falstaff, and Manon.
Directed by John Copley. Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London
March 25 and 26, 6pm
Public Masterclass with Janice Chapman.
British Voice Association, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham.
March 8, 2pm
January 2009
Royal Academy Opera Tableaux
Appearing in excerpts from Ariadne Auf Naxos, Don Giovanni,
La Fille du Regiment and A Villiage Romeo and Juliette.
Directed by David Edwards. Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London
January 22 and 23, 6pm