
SOPRANO
Desiree Frahn is a South Australian soprano. She is a graduate of the Elder Conservatorium and a former James and Diana Ramsey Foundation Young Artist.
For State Opera she has appeared as Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Leila (The Pearl Fishers), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Rose Pickles (Cloudstreet! – World Premiere), Pamina (Magic Flute), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne), and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). In 2018 she performed in the Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s To Hell and Back for Gertrude Opera. In 2019 she stars as the Vixen in State Opera’s production of Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen.
Desiree Frahn is a South Australian soprano. She is a graduate of the Elder Conservatorium and a former James and Diana Ramsey Foundation Young Artist.
For State Opera she has appeared as the Vixen (Cunning Little Vixen), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Leila (The Pearl Fishers), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Rose Pickles (Cloudstreet! – World Premiere), Pamina (Magic Flute), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne), and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). In 2018 she performed in the Australian premiere of Jake Heggie’s To Hell and Back for Gertrude Opera. 2020 engagements for State Opera included Carmina Burana, Sweeney Todd, and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
PERFORMANCES WITH STATE OPERA SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Bubba – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (2020)
Johanna – Sweeney Todd (2020) – postponed C-19
Soprano Soloist – Carmina Burana (2020) – cancelled C-19
Vixen – Cunning Little Vixen (2019)
Frasquita – Carmen in the Square (2019)
Valencienne – The Merry Widow (2018)
Leila – Pearl Fishers (2018)
Lauretta – Gianni Schicchi (2017)
Rosalinda – Die Fledermaus (2017)
Rose Pickles – Cloudstreet! (2016)