Our Artists
All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart,
which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.
- Maya Angelou
ACOCo is made up of exceptionally skilled performers and creators, with considerable expertise and experience across a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. Our collective stories are imaginatively presented, with the audience experience firmly in our focus, in conception, preparation and delivery. The transfer of knowledge and expertise, observation and instinct, is a hallmark of ACOCo - seasoned professionals alongside elite young artists, working together to share with the public.
Founder & CEO/Artistic Director
Linda Thompson b. AUS - VIC l. VIC
Soprano, Producer, Stage Director, Entreprenuer.
Lecturer, Vocal Coach, Writer, Graphic Designer Anything that gets opera in front of an audience.
Stage Director (USA)
Luke Leonard b. USA - TEXAS l. NYC
Stage and Film Director, Actor, Visual Artist
Artistic Director Monk Parrots, NYC.
ACOCo collaborator since 2015
Bass baritone
Hadleigh Adams b. NZ l. SAN FRANCISCO
Studio Artist 2009
Guest Artist 2016, 2020, 2021
Baritone
Michael Lewis OAM
Guest Artist 2013, 2018
Mezzo soprano b. USA l. AUS - VIC
Heather Fletcher
Guest Artist 2019, 2020, 2021
Mezzo soprano b. AUS - QLD l. VIC
Naomi Flatman
Studio Artist 2018, 2019
Guest Artist 2019, 2020, 2021
Mezzo soprano
Sarah Heltzel
Guest Artist 2018, 2020
Tenor
Daniel Todd
Guest Artist 2019
Soprano
Cristina Russo
Guest Artist 2019
Tenor
Blake Bowden
Young Artist 2012 - 2013, Guest Artist 2014
Gertrude Johnson Fellow
Tenor
Nigel Huckle
Studio Artist 2019
Guest Artist 2018, 2020
Tenor
Adrian McEniery
Guest Artist 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Baritone
Raphael Wong
Studio Artist 2011-2013
Guest Artist 2016
Designer
Amanda Henderson
Design Consultant since 2009
Founder Gloss Creative
Soprano
Jessica Harper
Winner, Glyndebourne-GO Opera Cup Australasian Final 2019/2020
Guest Artist 2019, 2020
Bass baritone
Eugene Raggio
Young Artist 2015 - 2016, Guest Artist 2017
Tenor
Yang Luo
Guest Artist 2019, 2020
Baritone
Joshua Erdelyi-Götz
Studio Artist 2016 - 2017, Guest Artist 2019, 2020
Mezzo soprano
Karen Van Spall
Guest Artist 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Soprano
Alexandra Ioan
Young Artist 2015 - 2016
Board Member & Conductor
Brian Castles-Onion AM b. AUS - NSW l. NSW
Soprano, Producer, Stage Director, Entreprenuer.
Lecturer, Vocal Coach, Writer, Graphic Designer Anything that gets opera in front of an audience.
Conductor
Patrick Burns b. AUS - NSW l. VIC
Studio Artist 2010
Guest Artist 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Soprano
Stacey Alleaume b. AUS - VIC l. NSW
Studio Artist 2009, 2010
Guest Artist 2015, 2020
Soprano
Emily Burke b. AUS - TAS l. VIC
Guest Artist 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Tenor
Michael Lapiña
Guest Artist 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 2021
Bass baritone
Andrew Moran
Guest Artist 2020
Mezzo soprano
Dimity Shepherd
Guest Artist 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Bass
Jerzy Kozlowski
Guest Artist 2019
Soprano
Bethany Hill
Studio Artist 2017
Guest Artist 2017, 2020
Mezzo soprano b. ISRAEL l. GERMANY
Na'ama Goldman
Studio Exchange Artist 2012
Guest Artist 2020
Soprano
Michelle McCarthy
Young Artist 2018
Gertrude Johnson Fellow 2018
Soprano
Amelia Jones
Guest Artist 2020, 2021
Baritone
Darcy Carroll b. AUS - VIC l. VIC
Studio Artist 2016 - 2017
Guest Artist 2018, 2020
Tenor
Enrique Guzman
Studio Artist 2016
Guest Artist 2020
Director
Greta Nash
Guest Artist 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Tenor
Harry Grigg
Guest Young Artist 2019, 2020
Soprano
Alexandra Lidgerwood
Studio Artist 2014 - 2017, Guest Artist 2020
Tenor
Joshua Oxley
Guest Young Artist 2018, Young Artist 2019
Tenor
Blake Bowden
Young Artist 2012 - 2013, Guest Artist 2014
Gertrude Johnson Fellow
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