Sitiveni Talei

Baritone 25     WA

 

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Born in Australia but raised in Fiji, Sitiveni began studying voice at the Australian National University in 2001 and also studied singing in the U.K. at the Yorke Trust Summer Opera Company in Norfolk and with teachers and coaches at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Sitiveni moved to Perth in 2005 and became a member of the West Australian Opera chorus. He became a Young Artist with the company in 2008/09 as well as being a member of their Opera and Education Program. Siti has performed the roles of Prince Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, and Sailor, The Love of the Nightingale. He has also understudied the title role in Rigoletto, Papageno, Die Zauberflöte; Dottore Bartolo, Il Barbiere di Siviglia; and will cover Amonasro in the upcoming production of Aida.

In 2009 Siti will perform Belcore, L’elisir d’amore; Antonio, Le nozze di Figaro and Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West. He will also understudy the role of Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles.

Other performing credits include Njegus, The Merry Widow; L’horloge Comtoise, L’enfant et les Sortileges (George Limb Opera Company); Libertone, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Yorke Trust Summer Opera, U.K.). Concert appearances include bass soloist in The Messiah and the St John and St Matthew Passions.

 

 
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