BELLADIVA

Brisbane’s operatic angels 'belladiva' are Australia’s newest and most glamorous pop-opera group, a sextet of sassy sopranos changing the face of opera. This alluring group of young and up-and-coming sopranos charm and captivate audiences with their unique sound and striking musical arrangements of opera classics, pop opera hits and musical theatre favourites.

This is opera like you’ve never heard before. The greatest operatic arias are propelled into the 21st century with modern style and sophistication. The siren song of belladiva has lured audiences all over Australia. With leading talent from opera, musical theatre and pop, belladiva’s six beautiful voices create a luminous sound that is not of this world. This sextet travel Australia recreating opera, musical theatre, popera and jazz with their own distinctive sound. The divas found each other in Brisbane while studying at Queensland’s leading Conservatoriums. Their love of all things singing led them to form a group that mixed songs their audiences know and love with the most beautiful works of the classical world to create new favourites.

To this mix, the divas add their own charm, beauty and humour to make belladiva the ultimate minxtette!

Sample Repertoire

• Angel, Sarah MacLaughlan
• Aniron, Lord of the Rings
• Art is Calling for Me
• Ave Maria, Caccini
• Barcarolle, The Tales of Hoffman
• Cat's Duet, Rossini
• Fields of Gold, Eva Cassidy
• Flower duet, Lakme
• Habanera, Carmen
• Halleluyah, Leonard Cohen
• I Have a Dream, ABBA
• In His Eyes, Jekyll & Hyde
• Lascia ch'io pianga - May it Be
• Lord of the Rings/Enya
• Nella Fantasia, Katherine Jenkins
• O mio babbino caro, Gianni Schicchi
• Ombra mai fu, Xerxes (Paul Schwartz version)
• Pie Jesu, Andrew Lloyd Webber
• The Prayer, Andrea Bocelli
• Prayer in the Night, Amici Forever
• Song to the Moon, Rusalka
• Think of Me, Phantom of the Opera
• Time to Say Goodbye
• You Raise Me Up
• You'll Never Walk Alone