Stephen Anthony Brown![]() Stephen's opera roles readfile Nemorino L'Elisir d'Amore, Don Ramiro La Cenerentola, Ernesto Don Pasquale and Tom Rakewell The Rake's Progress. For Glyndebourne he has sung Pedro in Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery, Peter Quint (cover) in The Turn of the Screw and Lysander (cover) in A Midsummer Night's Dream. More recently, Elder Hayes Susannah for English Touring Opera, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Opera de Baugé in France, Lt Pinkerton in Madama Butterflyand Alfredo in La Traviata. On the concert platform, Stephen has sung in all of the UK's major Concert Halls and Cathedrals. He has sung most of the major concert repertoire. He regularly sings Bach's Evangelists and Elgar's Gerontius. Some highlights readfile Verdi's Requiem at London's Barbican, Handel's Messiah in Romania, Rossini's Stabat Mater in Norway, Stradella's San Giovanni Battista in Jerusalem, Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Spain and Bach's Matthäus Passion in Iceland and in London with Peter Schreier. Stephen is recognised as a world specialist in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and has sung many roles in productions of their operas, as well as in numerous G&S recitals and concerts. Recently he appeared in The Very Best of Gilbert&Sullivan on 2 January 2009 at the Barbican in London. Just before his visit to Canberra, Stephen completed a season for The Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust in Dunedin, New Zealand, as Colonel Fairfax in The Yeomen of the Guard. | Colin ForbesOn graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Colin Forbes became Lecturer in Piano at the Conservatorium as well as pianist and percussionist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He later joined the Australian Opera as a repetiteur and has also worked with other leading concert organisations including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy and the Australia Ensemble.![]() In 1997 Colin helped to establish the Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts, where he is currently Artistic Director and principal piano teacher. Colin has given many concerts in Canberra as both soloist and accompanist. Under CAMRA's auspices, Colin has performed the complete piano sonatas of Mozart, prepared the music and staging of award winning productions of several Gilbert and Sullivan operas, The Beggar's Opera, the liturgical opera Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard von Bingen, and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Colin has also prepared and conducted numerous orchestral masses and directed performances of Handel's Messiah and Bach's St John Passion. |