Michelle
Ryan
Soprano
Born and raised in the Clarence Valley on the Far North Coast of NSW near Byron Bay, Michelle studied Piano, Flute and Singing. In 2009, Michelle was a featured artist in the Youth Olympics Opening Ceremony. Michelle moved to Sydney to study a Bachelor of Music Performance in Voice and a Graduate Diploma of Opera Studies at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
In 2019, the competition scene saw Michelle as a Finalist in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship and the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award where she won the DECCA award and the Tait Memorial Trust Award, enabling her to perform in London.
Michelle has sung regularly with Cantillation in productions with Pinchgut Opera and has performed in concerts and festivals with The Song Company. She was also in the extra chorus with Opera Australia in early 2020. Michelle recently sang full time with the South West Radio Choir (SWR Vokalensemble) in Stuttgart for the 2022/2023 season.
In 2023, The Radio Choir performed in venues including La Scala in Milan and the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. She was previously the recipient of the German-Australian Opera Grant with the State Theatre of Hessen in Wiesbaden 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. Her roles included Gretel from Hansel and Gretel, Zerlina from Don Giovanni, Servilia from La Clemenza di Tito, Sophie from Werther and more.
Michelle has returned to Australia and is tutoring Voice at Queenwood in Sydney and Frensham in Mittagong. She sings regularly with St.James and St.Mary's choirs and performs in various concerts as a soloist in Sydney.
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