Soprano Eden Shifroni holds a Bachelor of Music (Classical Performance) and a Master of Music Studies (Opera Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her stage roles include Pamina and Papagena (The Magic Flute), Musetta (La bohème), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) and Poppea in the Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA production of The Coronation of Poppea.

Her repertoire extends from Baroque to new music. In 2022 Eden created the role of Ada Crossley in Percy by John Matthews and Margery Smith, and in December 2023 she created the role of Jess in Track Works, a new site-specific pastiche opera at Sydney’s Mortuary Station.

Eden is the recipient of the Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship, Patrick & Vivian Gordon Award and Ryman Healthcare Opera Scholarship with Melba Opera Trust.

Eden was recently selected as a finalist in the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award, and will compete in the semi-final of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition on August 18.

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