Sian Sharp
Alto
Australian mezzo-soprano Sian Sharp has been part of Opera Australia for over 20 years, amassing a repertoire of over 60 roles in the operatic canon. From Dorabella, Rosina, Prince Charming and Hermia, to Carmen, Maddalena, Amneris and Waltraute, she has performed across the full breadth of the repertoire and appears regularly in concert with Australia’s leading orchestras and choral organisations.
In 2026 Sian performs Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Olga (Eugene Onegin) and Maddalena (Rigoletto) for Opera Australia, features as mezzo-soprano soloist in the company’s 70th Anniversary Gala and Great Opera Hits concerts, and joins the Brisbane Chamber Choir as mezzo-soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
In 2025 she sang the title role in Carmen, Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), Kitchen Boy (Rusalka) and Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas) for Opera Australia, featured in the Canberra Theatre’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert, performed excerpts from Carmen with the Malaysian Philharmonic, and joined the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for Rossini’s Stabat Mater.
Concerts & events
Emerging Artists '26
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Four Last Songs
Elegance
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Serenade
Enigma
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
Beethoven 9
Summer Tour
Messiah
Resurrection
ENZSO Celebrates
Online Classroom Sessions: Introduction to the Orchestra (Years 3-8)
Online Classroom Session: Musical Emotions (Years 0-2)
Online Classroom Session: Soundscapes - How Music Can Tell a Story (Years 3-4)
Beethoven and Mozart
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Troy Kingi Presents: 10|10|10 - The Final Chapter with the NZSO
Mozart's Gran Partita
Reverberate
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Elouan String Quartet
Electrify
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Celtic Connections
Dvořák and Sibelius
London Portraits
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
A Space Odyssey
From the Canyon to the Stars
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Tchaikovsky 5
NZSO Chamber Strings
Emerging Artists '27
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
One Thousand and One Nights
Moonlit Brahms
Todd Young Composer Awards
Verdi Requiem
Peter and the Wolf
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Fantastique
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
