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Young Australian soprano Morgan Balfour has just returned home from Hawaii, where she performed the role of Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

This year Morgan has made the finals of some of the wealthiest classical singing competitions in Australia.

Morgan is in Melbourne for the final of the German Australian Opera Grant, where first prize is a one-year contract with the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany. 

Music heard in this interview is used with the permission of the artist.
Snegurochka's aria from Rimsky-Korsakov's Snegurochka 
Da tempeste il legno infranto from Handel's Giulio Cesare

Aussie opera star on the rise

Triple R Community radio news for Friday 18th September.

RRR Midday News 18/09/15

The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music attracts students from all over Australia and internationally.

Three Asian students at different stages of university life speak about moving to Melbourne to chase their dreams of becoming professional classical musicians.

They discuss what they love about the city and why they think other musicians from Asia should join them in Melbourne.

All music heard in this program is performed by the interviewees.
Jisook Noh plays Chopin's Fanastie in F Minor
Peiyi Ng plays Barber's Violin Concerto
Matthew Tng sings "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia 
Photo: Victorian Opera & Martin Philbey

Melbourne attracts Asian musicians

Excerpts from Triple R Community Radio - September 2015

Bridget Davies Radio Aircheck

RMIT University postgraduate journalism student and former opera singer.

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