Opera Vera was born from a deep, lifelong passion for contemporary Opera and the voices shaping its future. As a professional singer, I’ve had the privilege of premiering works by some of the most exciting Australian and British composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. In Australia, I performed in Estates by Jack Jones and portrayed Yuliya von Meck in Sean Ross’s Tchaikovsky – Angel of Music, and contributed as a librettist for Sean O'Boyle’s song cycle War Wounds.

In the UK, I premiered Rob Oswell’s The Widow Crane and Adam Gorb’s Beggar's Belief at Wigmore Hall. I was also cast in the role of Maeve in Jacquelyn Hazle’s opera The Witness—a project which, like so many new works, was ultimately halted by lack of funding.

Throughout my career, I’ve specialized in interpreting the music of 20th-century visionaries—Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Berg, Britten, Barber, Weill—composers whose emotionally charged, structurally daring work continues to resonate powerfully today. These artists revolutionized Opera, and their work remains profoundly relevant to modern audiences.

But alongside the musical and narrative depth, what has always mattered to me just as much is Beauty—in all its forms.

Opera is not just sound; it is a total Art form. I believe in Opera that stuns visually as much as it moves emotionally. I believe in the transformative power of fashion, of stagecraft, of visual storytelling that speaks without words. Beauty—bold, stylized, poetic, or raw—is essential to how Opera communicates. Theatrical truth doesn’t require realism, but it does require authenticity: a fierce, focused vision that connects to the human experience. For me, every detail—from the costume line to the lighting cue—must serve that truth.

Opera Vera exists to bring this vision to life.

With this company, I want to give living composers the recognition, collaboration, and exposure they deserve. I want to connect audiences across generations to the urgency and relevance of contemporary Opera. And I want to present Opera as it was always meant to be: an emotionally driven, visually immersive, dramatically truthful experience that unites all the art forms into one.

Opera Vera is not just a company—it is a statement. It’s a revival. A challenge. A beginning.