SAMUEL DUNDAS

Samuel Dundas is a graduate of the Melba Conservatorium of Music and his performance experience encompasses opera, musical theatre and concerts. He has performed throughout Australia and New Zealand and his concert repertoire includes Pilatus/Bass soloist in Johannes Passion and MozartRequiem. He has sung in concert with the TSO, MSO, ASO, WASO and the Auckland Philharmonic.

Since 2005, when Samuel made his operatic debut with Opera Queensland, he has gone on to perform with More than Opera, the AYO and has been involved with Victorian Opera both as a freelance artist and a member of the Artist Development program. Roles he has performed with VO include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Belcore in The Elixir of Love, theSecond Soldier in The Love of the Nightingale, Creon/The Messengerin Oedipus Rex and Chief Clerk inMetamorphosis, as well as Schaunard in the Puccini: The Sacred and Profane gala.

2009 saw Samuel make his role debut in the title role in Victorian Opera’s production of Don Giovanni. Other performances included Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos, also for Victorian Opera; bass soloist in Fauré Requiem for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the inaugural concert at the new Melbourne Recital Centre in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, Opera Australia’s annual Williamstown concert, and an Opera Gala concert in Morundah.

Since 2010, he has been a member of the Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist program at Opera Australia.  In 2010 his roles included Doctor/Inquisitor/Judge/Stanislaus Candide, Handsome La Fanciulla del West, Starveling A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ceprano Rigoletto.  In 2011 his roles include Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Pish Tush in The Mikado, Cascada in Merry Widow and Masetto in Don Giovanni.

Other recent engagements have included Papageno The Magic Flute for Victorian Opera, the bass solos in Brahms Requiem with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus and his debut with Sydney Sinfonia in a Discovery series concert at the City Recital Hall, Sydney.

Samuel’s 2012 roles include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia and the Title role in Oz Opera’s tour of Don Giovanni.

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