Sian Sharp

Mezzo-soprano

“One of Opera Australia’s most versatile and accomplished singers”

Australian Arts Review

Australian mezzo-soprano Sian Sharp has been part of Opera Australia for over 20 years, amassing a repertoire of over 60 roles in the operatic canon. From Dorabella, Rosina, Prince Charming and Hermia, to Carmen, Maddalena, Amneris and Waltraute, she has performed across the full breadth of the repertoire and appears regularly in concert with Australia’s leading orchestras and choral organisations.

In 2026 Sian performs Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Olga (Eugene Onegin) and Maddalena (Rigoletto) for Opera Australia, mezzo-soprano in Elijah for Brisbane Chamber Choir, and features in the company’s 70th Anniversary Gala Concert.

In 2025 she sang the title role in Carmen, Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), Kitchen Boy (Rusalka) and Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas) for Opera Australia, featured in the Canberra Theatre’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert, performed excerpts from Carmen with the Malaysian Philharmonic, and joined the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for Rossini’s Stabat Mater.

Featured Repertoire

Opera

Carmen · Amneris (Aida) · Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) · Dorabella (Così fan tutte) · Idamante (Idomeneo) · Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) · Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) · Olga (Eugene Onegin) · The Muse (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) · Marchesa Melibea (Il Viaggio a Reims) · Prince Charming (Cendrillon) · Hansel (Hänsel und Gretel) · Arsace (Partenope) · Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream) · La belle Dulcinée (Don Quichotte) · Dodo (Breaking the Waves) · Maddalena (Rigoletto) · Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro) · Emilia (Otello) · Federica (Luisa Miller) · Waltraute (Ring Cycle) · Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana) · Nancy (Albert Herring) · Kitchen Boy (Rusalka) · Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) · Siegrune (Ring Cycle) · La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica) · Bersi (Andrea Chénier) · Mrs Alexander (Satyagraha) · Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte) · Albine (Thaïs)

Concert

St John Passion (Bach) · Dream of Gerontius (Elgar) · Messiah (Handel) · Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) · A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) · Elijah (Mendelssohn) · Requiem (Mozart) · Stabat Mater (Rossini) · A Child of Our Time (Tippett)