She has worked extensively with Opera Australia, the Victorian State Opera and Opera Queensland, as well as Canberra City Opera. Donna-Maree’s work with the Victoria State Opera has included the title role in Madama Butterfly in their 1996 MODD Opera Production and covering the roles of the High Priestess in Aida and Ungeborenes Kind in the John Cox production of Die Frau ohne Schatten for the 1996 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts conducted by Simone Young.

For Opera Queensland, Donna-Maree has covered the role of Hansel in the Australian Opera production of Hansel & Gretel. Until recently, Donna-Maree was based in Sydney with Opera Australia, covering roles in Ariadne auf Naxos,

The Cunning Little Vixen and Dialogues of the Carmelites.

Since early 1998, Donna-Maree has been based in London furthering her studies. She recently performed the title role in Tosca to critical acclaim for European Chamber Opera, Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (Mecklenburgh Opera), recorded for On Line Classics and, having been awarded a scholarship to study with Sherrill Milnes, Ms Dunlop participated in the Sherrill Milnes televised Masterclasses for London Masterclasses.

In 2002, Donna-Maree Dunlop sang the roles of the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Siebel in Faust for Opera Australia and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera Australia.

She was soloist in Mahler’s Lieder eine fahrenden Gesellen for Bristol Sinfonia – in 2003, she sang principal roles in Carmen, Salome and Lulu for Opera Australia. 2004 roles included Wellgunde in Das Rheingold/Götterdämmerung and Rossweisse in Die Walküre for the State Opera of South Australia and Cock/Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen and Cherubino for Opera Australia.  Donna-Maree has recently been touring Asia as a cast member of The Phantom of the Opera.