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Pot-Pourri
This fabulous fivesome is widely acclaimed as Australia's leading music theatre ensemble. With 35 tours under their belt including Europe and USA, Melbourne's Pot-Pourri presents a specially created sizzling opera repetoire to entertain all. The artists - Tania de Jong (soprano), Dominique Oyston (soprano), Craig Macdonald (tenor), Jonathan Morton (baritone) and Rebecca Chambers (pianist) have all performed with Australia's major musical and opera companies. They launched their fifth album at a sell-out season at the famous Spiegeltent at
the Melbourne festival and have recently performanced at Hong Kong Government House and debut shows in mainland China. They have recently released their sixth album, titled "Nella Fantasia".
WORLD CLASS AND NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!
For more details on these virtuoso performers visit www.pot-pourri.com.au
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Annabel Tellis
The delightfully effervescent Annabel Tellis is a published author & poet. Since moving to Australia from London, she is now a celebrated Otways personality.
Her book "If My Dad Were A Dog" is in it's third edition & was launched in the U.K., U.S.A. & Canada in May & came out in Australia & New Zealand in September.
45,000 copies have already been sold! It was declared May's book of the month by major U.K. book retail chain Waterstones. In December a U.K. journalist discovered "Come Shane"( Written under pseudonym Victoria Coverdale) & deemed it worthy of a full page article in The Times. Annabel has performed her poetry in England and Scotland.
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Neil Melville
Neil Melville is an Otway resident and award winning actor with a career in the performing arts spanning over 30 years. Neil has appeared on stage and film with such companies as South Australian Opera, Australian Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company & South Australian Theatre Company. Neil has performed in such notable stage productions as Cameron Mackintosh’s “Oklahoma” under the directorship of Jamie Hammerstein, son of Oscar, with the late expatriate Australian and London West End Musical Director Ray Cook, and “Les Miserables” under director Trevor Nunn of the Royal Shakespeare Company and with the esteemed Australian musical director Peter Casey. In film Neil has worked alongside Don Johnson and Rod Steiger in the HBO production “In Pursuit of Honour”, Anthony La Paglia in the film version of David Williamson’s “Brilliant Lies", and in the Australian Film Institute award winning short film “Feathers”. Neil is a keen musician who enjoys playing guitar and piano, has worked professionally as a writer, vocalist, manager and producer and is delighted to be able to lend his services as M.C of this special afternoon in the forest. Look out for Neil next year in the new Australian drama "Underbelly"!
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Annalisa Kerrigan
Annalisa started studying piano at the age of 4, and singing at 13. Growing up in the Yarra Valley on a horse and cattle property, she went on to get her Bachelor of Music from Melbourne University and Graduate Diploma in Opera from the Victorian College of Arts before moving to Florence to study singing with Professor Antonio Moretti-Pananti. In Florence, where she remained for six years, she worked for the world famous art studio Charles H Cecil, and sang in recitals and concerts throughout Europe.
In 2003, she returned to Melbourne to be invited to sing at Channel 9's Carols by Candlelight, performing in various high profile events like Orchestra Victoria's Opera in the Market, Opera in the Roses, Opera in the Winery, Opera in the Park, Melbourne Opera Company's Cosi Fan Tutte, and much more. She has performed La Princess for Ravel's L'Enfant Et Les Sortiles (Melbourne International Festival), toured Eliza in My Fair Lady with John Lidgerwood (Morning Melodies), toured with Virtuosi Tasmania at the Coal Valley Music Festival, and throughout Tasmania, and performed to sold out audiences, receiving standing ovations throughout the world with various internationally acclaimed artists, including Genevieve Lang, principal harpist from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Claire Sterling from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Richard Bonynge conducting the London City Orchestra, concert pianists David Helfgott and Florence's Riccardo Sandiford in Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, Italy, France, Austria, UK as well as guest starring in shows such as Scotland the Brave with the Western Australian, South Australian, Melbourne, and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, and Irish Songs of Praise with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
"In a world of ruthless self promoters, where those with no talent can still go places if they grab enough attention, Annalisa Kerrigan makes a refreshing change, it is her talent that has spoken for her."Daily Telegraph Sydney. Annalisa's web site' www.annalisakerrigan.com
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