Genevieve Dickson is a mezzo soprano with a warm and thrilling voice. She studied a Bachelor of Music at Melbourne University and is currently a full-time member of the Opera Australia chorus, having joined in 2019 in their production of Don Giovanni. She spent most of 2021 escaping the COVID lockdowns by performing the role of Mercedes in the Opera Australia National Tour of Carmen and is looking forward to performing the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes op.52 in an Opera Australia Dawn concert at Uluru this May.

In Melbourne, Genevieve performed Tisbe (La Cenerentola) and Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos) for Citi Opera, Marrianna (Il Signor Bruschino) for Lyric Opera. Covered roles include Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) for Melbourne Opera, Angelina (La Cenerentola) for Citi Opera, Sofia (Il Signor Bruschino) for Lyric Opera and Stephano (Romeo et Juliette) for a Victorian Opera/TSO joint production.

Genevieve spent two years as a Young Artist with Pacific Opera and was a finalist in the German Australia Opera Grant 2020. In 2018 she was selected as the Australian representative for the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competitions. 

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