For Kristin, singing is a way to project and reveal the emotions of characters through the language of music. She sings with joy and excitement to satisfy the listeners’ curiosity, quest for meaning and pleasure. While singing, Kristin brings forward her voice and character that has been matured throughout the progress of her thoughts and life circumstances.

The lyric mezzo-soprano became a finalist at 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship and received first prize in 2022 Boroondara Eisteddfod. She performed Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Mopsa and Chorus in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and prepared Rossini’s Rosina from Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Kristin holds a Bachelor of Biology, Master of Teaching, and currently studying Master of Music (Opera Performance) at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She is preparing to continue her journey by joining the Young Artist Opera Program in Armenia.

Jake Bigwood graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with distinction, winning both the Regency and AM Parker awards for excellence, and worked with the highly sought after vocal professor and fellow Australian Raymond Connell. Jake’s final recital was deemed a “revelation” by the world renowned Lieder scholar Richard Stokes and also from Linnhe Robertson: “..an excellent vehicle for a genuine bass voice with enormous operatic potential, lyrical and resonant, technically well put together.”

Since graduating, Jake has become a Bendat scholar and Wesfarmers’ Arts Young Artist with West Australian opera and performed as Il Maestro in Prima la musica, Angelotti and Sciarrone in Tosca, and is set to create the character of The Mayor in Emma Jayakumar’s new opera Our little inventor.

For Freeze Frame Opera, Jake has performed the roles of Colline and Ashby and will take part in their regional tour of Tosca in 2023.

Jeremy received second prize at the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship and a TDP Mary Lopez AM Scholarship in 2022. He achieved joint first prize at the 4th Fresno State Art Song Festival and accepted the Demant Dreikurs Lieder Competition scholarship in 2020. In 2017, he received an Opera Australia Regional Student Scholarship.

Roles include Marcello (La Bohème) for Musica Proibita in Bergamo, Italy, Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Sydney Conservatorium, Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Secret Police Agent (The Consul) and Death (Sāvitri, Holst) for The Cooperative, Uberto (La serva padrona, Pergolesi) for Opera in Wollongong and Æneas (Dido & Æneas) for Gondwana Choirs. Concert work includes solos in Messiah and Messe di Minuit (M.A. Charpentier) for Argyle Orchestra. Hobart, Dixit Dominus (Händel) for Sydney Conservatorium and Requiem (Mozart) in Wollongong.

Masterclasses include that by Jessica Pratt, Barbara Frittoli, Fabio Armiliato, Gerald Finley and Dr. Graham Johnson. Jeremy studies with Maree Ryan AM.

Billie Tumarkin is a 25-year-old soprano and honours student at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, studying with the inimitable Suzanne Johnston. Born in Melbourne to a Jewish family from Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tumarkin’s musical practise extends across a dozen languages. Returning to the stage this year after an eight-year illness, Tumarkin is deeply moved to be able to share her abiding passion for song. She has performed as a soloist at the Sydney Opera House and with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. www.billietumarkin.com

Born in Korea, Younji Yi is a soprano with a warm tone and colorful technique who has received a Bachelor’s degree from the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul and worked with Professor Young-mi Kim. In recognition of her skills at the Korea National University of Arts, she played the leading role of Servilia in ‘La clemenza di Tito, Susanna in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’, and Rosalinde in ‘Die Fledermaus’, and received numerous scholarships.

She has won many competitions in Korea. She won the prize at Korea Vocal Music Competition, Sunchang Music Competition, and Suri Music Competition, and she won the prize at Wollongong Eisteddfod competition in Australia.

She also worked for the Gwangmyeong City Choir in Korea. She has also appeared in prestigious concert venues in South Korea Sejong Performing Arts Centre, Seoul Arts Centre in Seoul.

After that, she came to Australia and entered the Sydney Conservatorium, where she is studying her Masters degree with Professor Rowena Cowley.