| Andrew Collis |
 Andrew Collis - Bass-baritone Australian bass-baritone Andrew Collis was a member of the Cologne Opera from 1993, beginning in the Opera Studio and joining the ensemble as a soloist in 1995, where his roles included the title part in Le Nozze di Figaro, Schaunard and Colline in La bohème, Hobson in Peter Grimes, Mr Flint in Billy Budd, Dr Kolenaty in The Makropulos Case, Tchelio in The Love of Three Oranges, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Don Magnifico in Cenerentola, the Marquis in Dialogue of the Carmelites and Dr Falke in Fledermaus. Outside Cologne, he has performed with the opera companies in Berlin, Frankfurt, Essen, Mannheim, Dortmund, Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf and has sung in concerts in Strasbourg, Stuttgart and Bonn. He has performed often with distinguished conductor James Conlon in the Cologne Philharmonie in operatic concerts from Wagner to Stravinsky and Ravel. Other international experience has included two appearances at the Hong Kong Festival in Tosca and Un Ballo in Maschera, the Lyric Opera of Singapore’s production of The Magic Flute and the St John Passion in the Canary Islands, Opera. In 2001, he appeared at the Vienna Festival in the Cologne Opera’s acclaimed production of Luigi Nono’s Intolleranza and in 1997 at the Perth Festival as soloist with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. Recent international engagements include Sarastro (The Magic Flute) and Colline (La Boheme) for San Diego Opera and a new production of Barber of Seville for Cologne Opera. In Australia, Andrew has performed with Opera Australia, Roméo et Juliette, with Opera Queensland in La bohème, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Giulio Cesare, Carmen, the title role in Don Pasquale and The Marriage of Figaro, Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet), and Frank (Die Fledermaus), for the West Australia Opera’s production of Roméo et Juliette and with Victoria State Opera in Otello. In 2004 he sang Fasolt in Das Rheingold for State Opera of South Australia’s Ring production. In addition to his operatic repertoire, Andrew has an extensive list of concert and oratorio performances to his credit, including Magnificat, Coffee Cantata, and Mass in B minor of Bach, Messiah, Samson and Semele by Händel, Die Schöpfung, Stabat Mater and Masses by Haydn, Beethoven Missa Solemnis and Mozart Requiem. Recent engagements include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the West Australian, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony orchestras, St Matthew Passion for Perth Festival, Mendelssohn’s Erste Walpurgis Nacht for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and St. John Passion for Sydney Philharmonia. 2007 engagements included Bartolo (Barber of Seville) and Flint (Billy Budd) at Cologne Opera, Sonora (La Fanciulla del West) with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Zaccaria (Nabucco) for Opera Queensland, and Messiah for Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, The Queensland Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, Andrew will make his debut appearance at the New Zealand International Arts Festival as Captain Cook in The Trial of the Cannibal Dog. Other roles in 2008 will include the Speaker and 2nd Priest (The Magic Flute) for West Australian Opera, Basilio (The Barber of Seville) and the Speaker (The Magic Flute), both for Opera Queensland, and for Opera Australia, Mr Flint (Billy Budd), and Dr Kolenatý (The Makropulos Secret) as well as Messiah for The Queensland Orchestra. 2008 Schedule NZ International Arts Festival, The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, 2, 4, 5 March West Australian Opera, Speaker in Mozart's The Magic Flute 29 March, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 April Opera Queensland, Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, 17, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31 May Sydney Philharmonia, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, 26, 27 June Opera Australia, Mr Flint in Billy Budd 24, 27, 30 September, 4, 8, 13, 6 October Opera Australia, Dr Kolenatý in The Makropulos Secret, 7, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24 October The Queensland Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah, 6 December. Melba Recordings performances: |