11/01/2022
TUNES On Tedder
Saturday 2pm to 5pm
Vavachi Entertainment presents two quality Artists and Performers - view more @ https://www.vavachi.com.au
We will also post Tedder Avenue performance locations late Saturday morning so you can plan ahead-
Artist Bio
Clarissa Foulcher
Clarissa holds a Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as well as achieved a distinction in her Licentiate of Music with the AMEB & is an accomplished performer of opera, oratorio, and musical theatre.
She has toured America and Canada as a soloist with the Sydney Conservatorium Chorale and has been the Mezzo soloist for Handel’s Messiah in the Sydney Townhall, Mendelssohn’s Elijah (broadcast on ABC FM), and Bach’s St John Passion under conductor Richard Gill. She has also appeared as the Mezzo soloist for the Beethoven C Minor Mass and Beethoven Fantasia in The Great Hall of Sydney University for the Sydney Conservatorium Chorale.
Originating from Sydney, Clarissa has performed in many musicals across the state from a very young age. Some of the role highlights include Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Gianetta in The Gondoliers, Katisha in The Mikado, Patience in Patience, Madame Thernardier in Les Miserables, and The Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd.
Joining the extra chorus of Opera Australia in 1997 she has performed in over 30 operas at the Sydney Opera House including Pearl Fishers, Andrea Chenier, The Marriage of Figaro, Madame Butterfly, Pagliacci, Lady Macbeth, Aida, Die Meistersingers, Othello, Eugene Onegin, Cosi Fan Tutte & Sweeney Todd. She was also part of a live broadcast of Lohengrin under Maestro Carlo Felice Cillario. In 2012 Clarissa performed in the first Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – La Traviata. She has toured nationally as part of Opera Australia’s Pirates of Penzance and My Fair Lady in the role of Mrs. Eynsford Hill.
After moving to Brisbane in 2014, Clarissa has performed in La Traviata, Candide, Kiss Me, Kate, Barber of Seville, The Pearlfishers & The Merry Widow with Opera Queensland & is an active participant in Opera Queensland’s Open Stage Workshop Program.
Roger Davy