Malcolm Douglas Donnelly AM (born 8 February 1943 in

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). is an Australian

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

opera singer Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a lib ...

. Donnelly studied with Marianne Mathy at the

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and with Vida Harford in

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. His career started with the Elizabethan Trust Opera. From there he travelled to London for further study, joining the

Scottish Opera Scottish Opera is the national opera company of Scotland, and one of the five national performing arts companies of Scotland. Founded in 1962 and based in Glasgow, it is the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland. History Scottish Op ...

in 1971. From 1981 to 1985 he was a member of the

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. During 1984 Malcolm Donnelly returned to Australia, debuting with the Australian Opera in 1985. Since returning to Australia Donnelly has provided Master classes to young singers in Sydney. In 2002, he created the roles of Commissioner/Judge in the world premiere of Moya Henderson's opera '' Lindy''. On 26 January 2005 he was awarded the Member of the

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(AM) in the Australia Day Honours. His citation reads "For service to the performing arts as an operatic baritone and to the education and mentoring of young singers."

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Artist's home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Malcolm 1943 births Living people Members of the Order of Australia Australian operatic baritones Musicians from Sydney Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni