Georgia Cooper

Biography

Australian Soprano, Georgia Cooper recently graduated with High Distinction and a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is currently enrolled in a Masters of Opera Program studying voice with Maree Ryan AM.

During her studies, Georgia has been awarded the Peter Davidson, Chapple/ Bremner, Helpmann Family Fellowship and Patricia Lucas Music Scholarships. She is also a recipient of the George and Margaret Henderson Traveller’s Scholarship which enabled her to attend a winter school program at the Royal Northern College of Music, Great Britain. Whilst in attendance, she performed as principal soprano in staged performances as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (conducted by Leon Frantzen- Malesani) and Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos (conducted by Andreas Ashikkis).

In 2023, at the Trentino Festival, Italy, Georgia performed as Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) with conductor Lochlan Brown and director Robin Blauers-Piper. Additional roles include: Fortuna from L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi/ Kats-Chernin) conducted by Stephen Mould and directed by David Berthold in collaboration with NIDA, Principal Soprano in Triptico (Kats-Chernin) for Danza Del Arte, Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) for The Cooperative, Silvia from Zanetto (Mascagni) for Concordia Ensemble. Ensemble opera scenes include Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) and Thaïs (Massenet) with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luke Spicer.

Concert repertoire as soloist includes The Creation (Hayden) for East Sydney Chamber Orchestra with conductor Omid Mohebzadeh, Ein deutsches Requiem for the Illawarra Choral Society with conductor Carlos Alvarado and Requiem (Fauré) with conductor Huw Belling for St Stephen’s Uniting Church.

Source: Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival (6/2024)