About

Andrew Williams is one of Australia’s most distinguished and versatile baritones. In 2026, he makes several significant role debuts, including Renato in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera at the Handa Opera at Millthorpe Festival in April, where he will also appear as a featured soloist in the festival’s Opera Gala Concert. He also debuts the title role in Don Giovanni on Opera Australia’s 2026 national tour, performing across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Later in the year, Andrew looks forward to debuting the role of Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca in a concert performance with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra in September.
 

Andrew has appeared extensively with Opera Australia, where he made his mainstage debut in 2023 as Masetto in Sir David McVicar’s production of Don Giovanni, earning praise for his “interestingly complex take” (Bachtrack). He previously toured nationally with the company as Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia in both 2022 and 2023. His other Opera Australia roles include Heraldo in Otello, and he has also covered the roles of Marcello in La Bohème and Morales in Carmen. He appears regularly in Opera Australia’s popular Great Opera Hits concerts at the Sydney Opera House.
 

In early 2024, Andrew travelled to Italy for his first engagement at Teatro alla Scala, where he rehearsed and covered the role of Crébillon in Puccini’s La Rondine under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. Later that year, he returned to Opera Australia to perform Marcello in the national tour of Puccini’s La Bohème, reprising the role again in the company’s 2025 national tour.
 

Andrew has been highly acclaimed in competition, most recently winning First Prize at the Italian Opera Foundation Australia Competition in 2025 at City Recital Hall, Sydney. His earlier awards include the Lady Fairfax La Scala Award from the Opera Foundation for Young Australians (2023), the Encouragement Prize from the German-Australian Opera Grant (2020), and the Foundation Prize in the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award (2018).
 

On the concert stage, Andrew has appeared as a soloist in a wide range of repertoire, including J.S. Bach’s BWV 42 and Magnificat, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Paulus, and Nielsen’s Third Symphony.
 

A former member of Opera Australia’s Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program (2022–2023), Andrew holds a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and an Advanced Diploma of Opera, both completed on scholarship at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.