Michael Raymond Martin

I am a singer and teacher with more than 40 years of professional experience. As a tenor, I was a member of The Australian Opera’s Esso Young Artist’s Development Program in 1990 which led to me becoming a guest artist for Opera Australia for nearly 20 years.

My roles for Opera Australia include: One of the apprentices in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Luiz and Marco in The Gondoliers, Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Piquillo in La Perichole, Harry Robarts in Voss, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Oronte in Alcina, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Fenton in Falstaff, Belmonte and Pedrillo in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Kudrjash in Katya Kabanova and Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos.

Other performances include: Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for State Opera of South Australia; Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw for Opera Queensland; Camille in The Merry Widow for West Australian Opera and Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and Rodolfo in La Boheme for Melbourne Opera.

In Canberra I performed with all the major Music Theatre companies including Canberra Philharmonic and Queanbeyan Players.

I have also appeared with many of Australia’s leading orchestras and choirs including: The Australian Pops Orchestra, all of the Symphony Australia Symphony Orchestras, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choir and Sydney Chamber Choir, Canberra Choral Society and The Llewellyn Choir.

My teachers and mentors include Ronald Maconaghie (Canberra School of Music), Carlo Bergonzi (Italy), Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge (Opera Australia Sydney)