Opera Australia casts its productions from an ensemble of Australian artists, with regular appearances by international guest artists.
The ensemble includes around 80 performers – opera singers, dancers, conductors and repetiteurs – and 200 people in the areas of scenic construction and painting, lighting, design, direction, wardrobe, wig-making, management and administration.
The award-winning Opera Australia Chorus appears in Sydney and Melbourne.
Opera Australia manages the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (based in Sydney) and performs with the independently-managed Orchestra Victoria (based in Melbourne).