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Iain

Henderson

Australian tenor Iain Henderson is a widely sought after performer with a strong ringing sound and an energetic performance style. A regular performer with Opera Australia, Iain made his mainstage debut at the Sydney Opera House as Pang (Turandot) with Opera Australia. Also with Opera Australia, Iain has performed Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Gastone (La Traviata), Player 3 (Brett Dean’s Hamlet), Wagner & Nereo (Mefistofele) and Ruiz (Il Trovatore) and covered the title role of  Hamlet in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, Prince Leopold (La Juive) and Goro (Madama Butterfly). Iain also frequently performs with Opera Queensland, State Opera South Australia as well as orchestras and ensembles throughout Australia.

On the concert stage, Iain has performed; Messa di Gloria (Puccini), Stabat Mater (Rossini) Requiem in D minor, Mass in C minor, Missa brevis in B (Mozart) as well as other major works by Handel, Schubert and Wagner. In 2014, Iain performed as a guest Artist with the Worldwide phenomenon, BBC's Dr Who Symphonic Spectacular with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Winner of the 2016 Dame Joan Sutherland Award from the Noosa Federation of the Arts, he has also won the Joyce Campbell-Lloyd Scholarship, Ronald Dowd Memorial Prize and was a semi-finalist in the 2014 Australian Singing Competition. He was also a participant in the 2013 and 2014 Lisa Gasteen National Opera School, where he worked with John Fisher, Giovanni Reggioli, Richard Hetherington and Stuart Maunder. A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) with Susan Roper and Peter Wilson, and was invited to undertake their highly sought-after International Artist Diploma.

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