Livia Brash
soprano
Winner of the 2025 Sydney Eisteddfod Scholarship, Livia Brash is rapidly emerging as one of Australia's most exciting dramatic voices, already establishing a significant performance profile across the country.
In 2026, Livia covered the title role in Turandot for Opera Australia, sang Fricka in Das Rheingold at the Sydney City Recital Hall and Marguerite in Faust for CoOpera's tour of Australia.
In 2025, Livia was nominated for a Green Room Award and the Opera Chaser Critics Choice Awards for her Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). She also sang Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and Musetta (La bohème) for Melbourne Opera, Musetta for BK Opera and made her débuts as Rusalka (Boroondara Arts Opera in the Park) and Abigaille (Nabucco) for The CoOperative.
During her time in Europe, Livia attended the Georg Solti Accademia in Italy, where she was under the tutelage of mentors such as Maestro Richard Bonynge. She performed the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda as part of the London Bel Canto Festival with the London City Philharmonic Orchestra. In Germany, she was a member of Düsseldorf Lyric Opera, appeared as Sieglinde in Dramatic Voices Berlin's film of Die Walküre and was sponsored by the Wagner Society NSW.
She has also appeared as a soloist with the Canberra Symphony, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Canberra Choral Society, Canberra Wind Symphony and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.
Her many prizes include the Opera Foundation Dalwood-Wylie AIMS Award, and the AIMS Sundell Award, which allowed her to receive tuition at the Vienna State Opera.
Livia holds a Masters of Music Studies (Opera) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and a Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) from the Australian National University; she is also an alumna of Pacific Opera and Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artists Program.
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