Biography
 Jacqueline Dark
 After completing a Bachelor of Physics degree, Jacqueline Dark attended the Opera Studio at the Victorian College Of The Arts, graduating in 1996 with first class honours.
Her performance experience encompasses opera, music theatre, cabaret, theatre restaurant and concert performances, and includes the roles of Carmen and Mercedes (Carmen), Dorabella (Così Fan Tutte), the title role and Tisbe in Cenerentola (for which she won for a Green Room Award), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Gertrude in the MODD show of Romeo and Juliet for Opera Australia and the ABC, Second and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Maurya (Riders To The Sea), Mrs Herring (Albert Herring), Pitti-Sing (The Mikado), the title role in Iolanthe, Maddalena (Rigoletto), Emilia (Otello), Lucilla (La scala di seta), Marianna (Il Signor Bruschino), Flora (La Traviata), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Second Lady (Magic Flute) and Mary (Der Fliegender Holländer).
In 2001, Jacqui was awarded the Vienna State Opera Award by Opera Foundation Australia which led to her performing and covering many roles for the Wiener Staatsoper including Giovanna (Rigoletto), Grimgerde (Walküre), Il Pastore (Tosca), Mercedes (Carmen), Annina (La Traviata), Ines (Il Trovatore), La Dama (Macbeth) and Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto). She was a finalist in the Herald-Sun Aria, the Covent Garden National Opera Studio Scholarship, the Sydney McDonald’s Operatic Aria and the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. She has appeared as a soloist with groups including the Melbourne Chorale, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, The Australian National Academy of Music, The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society and The Queensland Orchestra.
Recent performances include the role of Dorabella in the Victorian Opera’s inaugural production of Così Fan Tutte, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly for Opera Queensland, the Fortune Teller in Arabella, Emilia in Otello and Cleaning Woman in The Makropulos Affair for Opera Australia.
In 2009, Jacqui sang principal roles in Cavalleria Rusticana, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The Mikado, A Little Night Music and A Streetcar Named Desire for Opera Australia and performed The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos for Victorian Opera. 2010 appearances for OA include Maddalena, Annina, Marcellina, Rosette (Manon) and Teresa (La Sonnambula).
© Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2010
Opera in the Arboretum is most delighted to welcome Jacqueline Dark to Pearl Beach to entertain you at our 2010 event.
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