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Amelia Farrugia
Born 28 July 1970  ( 1970-07-28 ) (age  53)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation Opera singer ( soprano )
Website ameliafarrugia .com

Amelia Farrugia (often misspelled as "Ferrugia", [1] born 28 July 1970) [2] is an Australian soprano opera singer [3] of Maltese descent. [2] She won awards in the Sydney Eisteddfod and the 1996 Australian Singing Competition , and the 1995 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York [4] where she covered leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera in 2012 and 2015. She was a finalist at the Neue Stimmen competition in Germany in 2001.

Born in Sydney, Farrugia, attended Loreto Kirribilli and then studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music , graduating in 1992. After winning awards in such events as the Sydney Eisteddfod and the Australian Singing Competition , she started performing with Opera Australia , [5] first performing lead roles in 1994. [6] She earned a nomination for the 2006 ARIA Award for Aria Best Classical Album for her solo album Joie de vivre! . [7]

Farrugia sang the title role in Opera Australia's 2010 staging of Giles Havergal 's production of The Merry Widow opposite David Hobson 's Danilo. [8] She sang Cunegonde , again opposite Hobson, in Lindy Hume 's production of Bernstein's Candide for Opera Queensland in 2015. [9]

Farrugia is married to concert promoter Paul Chesher. [10]

Discography [ edit ]

Albums [ edit ]

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Joie de vivre!
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Decca (9875237)

Awards and nominations [ edit ]

ARIA Music Awards [ edit ]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2006 Joie De Vivre Best Classical Album Nominated [11]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Amelia Ferrugia" soprano
  2. ^ a b Michael J. Schiavone; Louis J. Scerri, eds. (1997). Maltese Biographies of the Twentieth Century . Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. ISBN   9789990941364 .
  3. ^ Lambert, Catherine (27 November 2005). "Fit for a dame". Sunday Herald Sun . Melbourne.
  4. ^ "Metropolitan Opera National Council Winners" , p. 5, Metropolitan Opera
  5. ^ Dunne, Stephen (4 October 1996). "Opera Windfall". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  6. ^ Tang, Caroline (16 February 2018). "Opera singer Amelia Farrugia at International Women's Day event" . Mosman Daily . Sydney – via The Daily Telegraph .
  7. ^ "And the ARIA nominees are ...". Gold Coast Bulletin . 14 September 2006.
  8. ^ "A love affair with The Merry Widow " by Stuart Maunder , State Opera of South Australia
  9. ^ Martin Buzacott (27 July 2015). "Lindy Hume's Candide relays Bernstein's genius, Voltaire's wit" . The Australian . (subscription required)
  10. ^ "For a big sale, just add water" by Lucy Macken, Domain Group , 8 June 2013
  11. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards ? Winners by Award" . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . Retrieved 12 November 2018 .

External links [ edit ]

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