Bronwyn began working with Opera Australia in January 2020. She made her solo concert debut for Opera Australia in March 2022, stepping in to perform the role of Anna Kennedy in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda in Concert. She also performed as a Page in Wagner’s Lohengrin (Melbourne 2022), and will understudy the role of Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre in Brisbane, December 2023. Bronwyn is currently a member of the Opera Australia Chorus and looks forward to performing throughout the 2023 season.
Having previously worked as a mezzo-soprano, roles for other companies have included: Rosina in The barber of Seville and Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for Co-Opera, Flora in Verdi’s La traviata for Opera New England, Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for Opera Projects Sydney, 2nd Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for Brisbane Baroque Festival and Miss Baggott in The Little Sweep for The Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
Concert highlights include Chorus Oz: Ode to Joy (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Mozart’s Mass in C) with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (broadcast on ABC), Handel’s Messiah with Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Philharmonia Choirs, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Tudor Portraits with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, Opera Under the Stars with Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Opera Galas with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, The Queensland Choir and The Brisbane Festival.
Bronwyn is the proud winner of some of Australia’s most prestigious awards. In 2017, Bronwyn was a finalist in almost every major Australian Opera competition and won The Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award and The Opera Foundation for young Australians Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship. She was also a finalist in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (2018 and 2019), The Opera Foundation for young Australians Deutsche Oper Berlin Award (2018) and placed second in The More than Opera: German-Australian Opera Grant (2019).
Bronwyn holds a Bachelor of Music from the Australian National University School of Music and a Masters of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. She also attended the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School (2013-2015), the Melba Opera Trust (2016-2017), and the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto, Tuscany (2018).
2022 | Australian Opera Awards Committee Gold Award
2020 | Australian Council of the Arts Resilience Fund / Grant Recipient
2019 | German -Australian Opera Grant
2nd Place (More Than Opera Encouragement Grant)
2019 | Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship / Finalist
2019 | BlueScope WIN Wollongong Eisteddfod Operatic Aria Contest / Winner
2018 | The Opera Foundation for young Australians
Deutsche Opera Berlin Award / Finalist
2017 | The Opera Foundation for young Australians
Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship / Winner
2017 | Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award
Bel Canto Award / Winner
Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto Prize / Winner
Handel and Mozart Aria Prize / Winner
Tait Memorial Trust Award / Winner
Audience Choice Award / Winner
2017 | Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship / Finalist
2017 | Sydney Eisteddfod Opera and Arts Support Group Vocal Scholarship
2nd Place (Paul Worthington OAM Award)
2017 | Melba Opera Trust Scholar
Amelia Joscelyne Memorial Scholarship
2016 | Melba Opera Trust Scholar
Amelia Joscelyne Memorial Scholarship
2016 | Royal South Street Eisteddfod
Herald Sun Aria / Finalist
2016 | Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship / Finalist
2016 | Sydney Eisteddfod Opera and Arts Support Group Vocal Scholarship
2nd Place (Paul Worthington OAM Award)
2015 | Royal South Street Eisteddfod
Herald Sun Aria / Finalist
2015 | Sydney Eisteddfod Travel Fund / Grant Recipient
2015 | Sydney Eisteddfod
Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Awards / 2nd Place
English Opera and Art Song / 2nd
Oratorio Mass or Bach Aria / 2nd
Lieder Competition / 1st