Christine Douglas is an Australian opera singer and director. Douglas, a soprano, trained at the Victorian College of the Arts. She performed in multiple Australian Opera productions including Cosi fan tutte, Fidelio, La Bohème, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pagliacci, The Magic Flute, Patience, and Hansel and Gretel. The soundtrack album to an

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staging of

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earned a nomination for the 1999 ARIA Award for Cast or Show Album for Opera Australia, Christine Douglas and Suzanne Johnston. In 2003 Douglas and Sylvie Renaud-Calmel established Pacific Opera. With Douglas as artistic director they have staged productions of several operas including Cosi fan Tutti set in a football club, Barber of Seville done "Los Angeles–style" and The Magic Flute as a circus show. She has also directed The Marriage of Figaro for Opera Australia.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony held by the

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, ''Hansel & Gretel'' (with Opera Australia & Suzanne Johnston) , Best Original Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

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Christine Douglas
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