Natalie Aroyan

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Since a young age, Natalie Aroyan has had a passion for singing and has performed on numerous stages all over Sydney.  Prior to studying opera, Natalie graduated with a double-degree in Business and IT at the Australian Catholic University, Sydney.

 

Natalie’s most recent achievement was being invited to New York, USA to audition for the prestigious Juilliard Opera Centre.  She made it through to the Final stage as one of only 10 Sopranos selected from an international field.

 

In 2006 she completed a Diploma of Opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Natalie’s major roles include: The Goddess Diana in the 2005 production of Haydn’s La Fedelta Premiata directed by Cathy Dadd & conducted by Imre Palló, Lady Dunmow in the 2006 production of Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement conducted by Paulo Rossini and directed by Gemma Tamock, then in September 2006 Lisetta in Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna, directed by Christine Douglas and conducted by Imre Palló.

 

Natalie has performed small scene enactments of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro and was part of the chorus in the Conservatorium’s 2004 production of Così fan tutte.

 

In 2006 she was one of six National finalists in the prestigious Covent Garden Competition Finals in Melba Hall, Melbourne and was awarded third place in the New York MET Study Award Finals in the Sydney Opera House and reached the Italian Barilla Award Finals for the Opera Foundation in Australia.  This year she was chosen as one of the Outstanding Artists, selected from the 2006 McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge, and was awarded the Alf & Pearl Pollard Award for Performance Excellence. 

 

Natalie has performed in Masterclasses with John Bolton-Wood, David Wakeham, Janice Chapman and Yvonne Kenny.