TARYN FIEBIG
Helpmann Award-winning soprano Taryn Fiebig is one of Australia most popular and versatile artists. She graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music in Cello performance after which she commenced vocal training with Molly McGurk and later with Megan Sutton.
It was her particular interest in early-music repertoire which won her two scholarships to the Dartington International Summer School in 1995 and 1996, studying with Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley. Further study with Jane Manning was made possible by a Churchill Fellowship in 2000. She completed the Emerging Performers Programme at the Australian Opera Studio in 2003, having studied with Gregory Yurisich and Patricia Price.
As a soloist, she has performed the 15th Century Masterpiece El Cant de la Sibil-la with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for their popular Noël Noël Christmas concerts. Internationally, Taryn has performed in Los Angeles with the contemporary music ensemble L.A. EAR unit, in England with the English Chamber Orchestra in St. John’s Smith Square, London and on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 in the radio dramas Southland and Pembroke, Arcadia.
In 2005, Taryn Fiebig joined Opera Australia as a principal soprano. Her many roles with this company have included Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Galatea in Acis and Galatea, Musetta in La bohème, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Clorinda in Cenerentola, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Rose in Lakmé, Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito, Karolka in Jenufa, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Gianetta in The Gondoliers. In 2008/2009, she sang the leading role of Eliza Dolittle in the national tour of My Fair Lady.
Taryn has sung Sicle in L’Ormindo for Pinchgut Opera and has appeared as soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Perth Collegium Baroque Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Choirand for theSydney Chamber Music Festival.
For Opera Australia in 2010/2011, Taryn sang Susanna, Musetta, Zerlina, Yum-Yum, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Aphrodite in The Love of the Nightingale, Lisa in La Sonnambula and won the Helpmann Award for her portrayal as Lucy in Bliss (which she sang in Sydney, Melbourne and at the Edinburgh Festival) and appeared in concert with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Selby & Friends and in recital at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of their Rensonate series.
In 2012, Taryn Fiebig will sing Susanna and Pamina in new productions of Le nozze di Figaro and The Magic Flute for Opera Australia.
Taryn Fiebig is proudly sponsored by Maureen Wheeler
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