Jeffrey Black (born 1962) is an Australian opera singer. He studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and appeared in many of the operas staged by the conservatorium students and post-graduate students, including appearing in the role of Figaro, as a first year opera student, in the conservatorium's 1981 production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Basil Jones Theatre (now called the QUT Gardens Theatre).
Career[edit]
Born in Brisbane, Black was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[1] He won the Marianne Mathy Scholarship in the Australian Singing Competition in 1983 and the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship in 1985.
He made his operatic debut as a principal singer with the Australian Opera in 1984. He made his debut in the United Kingdom at Glyndebourne in 1986.[2][3]
Performances[edit]
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Black has sung with the following opera companies:
- Royal Opera (London)
- Opéra Bastille (Paris)
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Metropolitan Opera
- Salzburg Festival
- Netherlands Opera
- Vlaamse Opera
- Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich)
- LA Opera
- Aix-en-Provence Festival
- Opéra de Monte-Carlo
- Washington National Opera
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- San Francisco Opera
- San Diego Opera
- Los Angeles Music Center
- Michigan Opera
- Teatro Colón Buenos Aires
- Opera North
Roles[edit]
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Black's opera and operetta roles have included, among others, the following:
- La Cenerentola (as "Dandini")
- The Barber of Seville (as "Figaro")
- The Marriage of Figaro (as "Count Almaviva")
- Don Giovanni (as "Don Giovanni")
- Così fan tutte (as "Guglielmo")
- The Magic Flute (as "Papageno")
- Die Fledermaus (as "Dr. Falke")
- La bohème (as "Schaunard")
- Lucia di Lammermoor (as "Enrico")
- Falstaff (as "Ford")
- The Pirates of Penzance (as "the Pirate King")
- The Merry Widow (as "Danilo")
Personal life[edit]
He met his wife Janice on stage when playing Figaro in the Marriage of Figaro and she played Suzanna. They have a son and a daughter.[citation needed] Black's son has diabetes, and he has been active in fundraising in support of this cause.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ^ Jeffrey Black – winner of the Mathy Award in 1983
- ^ Jeffrey Black – Opera Australia official website
- ^ "Singing with diabetes in mind". article. World Diabetes Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Jeffrey Black at IMDb
- Jeffrey Black – Queensland Conservatorium Alumni
- Queensland Conservatorium
- Performance photos of Jeffrey Black – National Library of Australia
