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Amelia Farrugia

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.

Amelia Farrugia
Born28 July 1970 (1970-07-28) (age 53)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)
Websiteameliafarrugia.com

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.

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