Off to town in my Sunday best.
Off to town in my Sunday best.
My first musical-theatre show on stage, The Pirates of Penzance, Hamilton Operatic Society, 1991. From left to right: Miranda Sandford, me and Karen Middleton.
Table dancing as Adina, with Conal Coad, in The Elixir of Love, State Opera South Australia – the opera and role that brought me to Australia in 2007.
PHOTOGRAPHER: RANDY LARCOMBE
As Cupid, opposite Todd McKenney’s Pluto, in Orpheus in the Underworld, Sydney Opera House.
Carmen, Sydney Opera House. With my chorus girls, from left to right: Angela Hogan, Leah Thomas, Anna-Louise Cole, Rebecca Currier, me, Annabelle Chaffey, Emma Castelli and Jennifer Bonner.
Ladies who lunch – with Dame Malvina Major (centre) and Andrea Creighton.
Waiting for my call to stage, as Papagena, in The Magic Flute, Sydney Opera House.
Dressed as Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni, for an outback photo shoot while on tour with Opera Australia.
PHOTOGRAPHER: AIDAN CORRIGAN
Celebrating Opening Night, with actor Sigrid Thornton.
Backstage with choristers, for Aida, Arts Centre Melbourne. From left to right: Georgia Wilkinson, Adam Player, me, Jonathan Alley, Stuart Haycock, Ruth Strutt, Kathryn Williams and Emma Castelli.
Mum and Dad getting ready to see me in My Fair Lady, 2016 – the last show Mum saw me perform.
Wig change during My Fair Lady, QPAC – with Michael Green, hair and makeup.
Going to the ball. Costume change during My Fair Lady, QPAC – with Abigael Casey, dresser.
Exquisite costumes in La bohème, Sydney Opera House. With my ‘gold ladies’, from left to right: Angela Hogan, me, Kylie Bailey, Emma Castelli, Kathryn Williams and Celeste Lazarenko.
Facing Mother Nature during rehearsals for La traviata, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. From left to right: Keara Donohoe, me and Leah Thomas.
Backstage, as part of the chorus for Adriana Lecouvreur, Sydney Opera House.
The glamour of backstage life during Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour. From left to right: Jennifer Bonner, me, Rachael Cunningham and Emma Castelli.
Back to school for The Tales of Hoffmann, Sydney Opera House. From left to right: Kylie Bailey, me and Phoebe-Celeste Humphreys.