Christine Douglas is an Australian opera singer and director.
Douglas, a soprano, trained at the Victorian College of the Arts.[1] She performed in multiple Australian Opera productions including Cosi fan tutte, Fidelio, La Bohème, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pagliacci, The Magic Flute, Patience, and Hansel and Gretel.[2][3]
The soundtrack album to an Opera Australia staging of Hansel and Gretel earned a nomination for the 1999 ARIA Award for Cast or Show Album for Opera Australia, Christine Douglas and Suzanne Johnston.
In 2003 Douglas and Sylvie Renaud-Calmel established Pacific Opera. With Douglas as artistic director they have staged productions of several operas including Cosi fan Tutti set in a football club, Barber of Seville done "Los Angeles style" and The Magic Flute as a circus show.[2] She has also directed The Marriage of Figaro for Opera Australia.[3]
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hansel & Gretel (with Opera Australia & Suzanne Johnston) | Best Original Cast or Show Album | Nominated | [4] |
References
- ^ Schwartzkoff, Louise (13 June 2010), "Voice in the wilderness", Sun Herald
- ^ a b Sorensen, Rosemary (7 July 2008), "Opera's free radical", The Australian
- ^ a b Barclay, Alison (24 March 2000), "A director of note", Herald-Sun
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
External links
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