Michael Kaufmann is an Australian tenor, currently based in Sydney. Originally from Canberra, Michael completed a Masters degree in the Sydney Conservatorium Opera School in 2023. Michael’s performance credits cover opera, oratorio, cabaret, and musical theatre; including Arnalta in Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA’s 2023 production of The Coronation of Poppea, and Don Basilio in the Prague Summer Nights Festival’s production of The Marriage of Figaro.

In 2025, Michael joined Pacific Opera Studio as a Young Artist Scholar, performing the title role in Handel’s Samson in collaboration with the Muffat Collective, and principal roles in their productions of Die Zauberflöte and La Bohème.

n 2026, Michael joins the Opera Australia Chorus for the centenary production of Puccini’s Turandot, and returns to Pacific Opera Studio as an Alumni Artist for the NSW premiere of Elgar’s The Kingdom with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra.

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