About

Andrew Williams is one of Australia’s most distinguished and versatile baritones. In 2024, he returned to Opera Australia as Marcello in the national tour of Puccini’s La Bohème, and also 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.

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

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Andrew has received high acclaim in competition, recently winning first prize in the The Italian Opera Foundation Australia 2025 held at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. His earlier accolades include the Lady Fairfax La Scala Award from the Opera Foundation for Young Australians in 2023, the Encouragement Prize from the German-Australian Opera Grant in 2020, and the Foundation Prize in the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award in 2018. 

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On the concert stage, Andrew has performed a wide range of repertoire, appearing as a soloist in works 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 prestigious Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program (2022–2023), Andrew developed his technique and artistry under the leadership of several industry professionals. He holds both a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and an Advanced Diploma of Opera—both completed on scholarship—from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he performed numerous principal roles including Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief), and Friedrich Bhaer (Little Women).

 

Andrew will return to Opera Australia in 2025 to reprise the role of Marcello in their national tour of La Bohème.