Brad Cooper
Sydney
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Brad studied at the National Opera Studio, London, with Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West, California and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
In the 2015 season Brad performs Tamino in Magic Flute for Opera Australia and Orfeo in Haydn’s Orfeo ed Euridice under Richard Bonynge. With pianist David Barnard he appears in Don’t Mention the War for Melbourne Recital Centre’s Spotlight Seriesand Broken Hill Regional Gallery.
Memorable engagements include Albertin Albert Herring (Opera Australia), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte & Belmonte in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Oper Köln), Don Alonse in L’Amant Jaloux (Opera Comique, Paris), Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Holland Park, London), Aubry in Marschener’s Der Vampyr (Grachtenfestival, Amsterdam), creating the role of Clem in Mischa Hamel’s Snow White (Nederlandse Reisopera) and appearing in concert with Anna Netrebko in Moscow.
Brad’s performance of Davey in Jonathan Dove’s Siren Song for Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival was released live on Chandos Classics to widespread critical acclaim.
Brad is thankful for the support of Nance Atkinson Trust, Johnson Bequest, Tait Memorial Trust, Australian Opera Auditions Committee’s Dame Joan Sutherland Award and Australian Singing Competition.