Samuel Dundas
BARITONEA graduate of the Melba Conservatorium of Music, Samuel Dundas’ performance experience encompasses opera, musical theatre and concerts.
He made his opera debut with Opera Queensland, before joining Victorian Opera’s Artist Development program and subsequently Opera Australia’s Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist program. Samuel has since performed leading roles with Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, State Opera South Australia, New Zealand Opera and Lost and Found Opera.
In concert, Samuel has sung with the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmanian and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, the Australian Youth Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Samuel was the recipient of the 2013 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship and the inaugural Dame Heather Begg Award in 2014.
In 2020, Samuel performed the role of Marcello in La Bohème for Opera Australia, and appeared in Chamber Landscapes at the Adelaide Festival. Next year sees him return to both Victorian Opera and to State Opera South Australia.