Michael Robert Garth Lampard (born March 1986) is an Australian

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and

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born in

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Education and early acclaim

Lampard undertook vocal study from a young age and acquired early notoriety as a boy soprano, performing in national broadcasts and with the

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. As his voice matured it settled into the baritone register and became quite an unusually robust and powerful voice for his early age. He continued his study at the

Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-lar ...

with his lifelong teacher Suzanne Ortuso, where he completed a bachelor of music with first class honors. His rich vocal tone led him to early recognition in international competitions where in 2007 he was flown to Paris to perform in a competition for

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and in 2009 where as the result of being a major prize winner in the

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, he was flown to the Czech Republic to record arias with the

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Career

Lampard has performed as soloist with the

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Hobart Chamber Orchestra The Hobart Chamber Orchestra (HCO) is a chamber orchestra based in Hobart, Tasmania. HCO was formed by a group of Hobart string players and conductor Reg Chapman in 1987. Annual programming of at least four concerts provides performance opportuniti ...

, Orchestra Pasdeloup, Rome Festival Orchestra, The Melbourne Opera Company,

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, Bel Canto Young Opera, IHOS Opera, Ice Breaker Productions (Adelaide), Daylight Robbery Theatricals, Tasmanian University Musical Society, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir,

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, Launceston Philharmonic Society, The Friends Singers, Camberwell Chorale and the Hobart Orpheus Choir. Conductors he has worked with include

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, Simon Kenway,

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, Jean Louis Forestier, Gary Wain, Myer Fredman, Carol Nies, Jonathon Grieves Smith and

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. In 2005 Lampard appeared in the role of Guglielmo from the Mozart opera ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'' at the Rome Opera Festival. Michael was selected through international audition and is the first Australian singer to be involved with this festival. As a conductor Lampard has worked with several of Tasmania's musical organizations including the Hobart Orpheus Choir, the Derwent Symphony Orchestra and in 2009 Michael conducted, to critical acclaim' the world premiere of Thanapoom Sirichang opera "The Lunch Box" for IHOS Opera as part of the 10 Days on the Island Festival. Lampard has also had success as composer having written several operas, choral works and song cycles. Many of his works have been performed in Australia and overseas including the premiere of his first opera ''Succubus'' by the IHOS Opera Laboratory. Recent commissions include a chamber work for piano quintet and voice and operatic mono-drama based on Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Tell-Tale Heart''. In 2010 Michael Lampard founded Hip-Pocket Opera, a small chamber opera company based in Hobart, Tasmania.

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External links

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Michael Lampard on Myspace MusicMichael Lampard page - The Tasmanian Composers Collective
¹ {{DEFAULTSORT:Lampard, Michael 1986 births Living people 21st-century Australian male opera singers Australian operatic baritones