Reviews
LIMELIGHT OCTOBER 2026
Verdi in the City | The Opera Room
Excerpts from Don Carlo and Il Trovatore in concert
Louise Keast | Elisabetta di Valois & Leonora
Diego Torre | Don Carlo & Manrico
Angela Hogan | Eboli & Azucena
Michael Honeyman | Rodrigo & Conte di Luna
Richard Anderson | Filippo II
Anthony Mackey | Il Frate & Ferrando
Bradley Gilchrist | Piano
Logan Birchall | Chorus Conductor
Phoebe-Celeste Humpreys | Master of Ceremonies
Choir: Emmeline Booth, Hannah Burton, Hannah Greenshields, Amanda Kelly, Chase Kern, Galatea Kneath, Elena Marcello, Camille Mercep, Lisa Munckton, Madeleine O’Dea, Juliet Page, Anastasia Star Gall, Anna Stephens, Le Gia Linh Tran
“Keast shows off another of the gossamer decrescendos she lavishes us with over the course of the evening.”
SOUNDS LIKE SYDNEY OCTOBER 2026
Verdi in the City | The Opera Room
Excerpts from Don Carlo and Il Trovatore in concert
Louise Keast | Elisabetta di Valois & Leonora
Diego Torre | Don Carlo & Manrico
Angela Hogan | Eboli & Azucena
Michael Honeyman | Rodrigo & Conte di Luna
Richard Anderson | Filippo II
Anthony Mackey | Il Frate & Ferrando
Bradley Gilchrist | Piano
Logan Birchall | Chorus Conductor
Phoebe-Celeste Humpreys | Master of Ceremonies
Choir: Emmeline Booth, Hannah Burton, Hannah Greenshields, Amanda Kelly, Chase Kern, Galatea Kneath, Elena Marcello, Camille Mercep, Lisa Munckton, Madeleine O’Dea, Juliet Page, Anastasia Star Gall, Anna Stephens, Le Gia Linh Tran
“[Keast] promises to be a Verdi soprano to be reckoned with in future. Her pianissimo in upper notes was particularly lovely.”
CANBERRA CITY NEWS MARCH 2023
From Broken Hill to Bel Canto | National Opera
Operatic recital with Donna Balson, Piano
“Drama aplenty as Keast’s vocal power rattles the walls”
AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW 2021
Così fan tutte | IOpera
“As the more protective and cautious sibling, Keast’s succulent, foundation-firm soprano stood up to the task of delivering Fordiligi’s two big arias superbly, Act 2’s Per pietà, ben mio, perdona an especially captivating display as Fiordiligi attempts to banish desire for another man.”
Louise Keast | Fiordiligi
Naomi Flatman | Dorabella
Jane Magão | Despina
Ferrando | Zachary McCulloch
Guglielmo | Darcy Carroll
Don Alfonso | Peter Tregear
Dr David Kram | Conductor
Jane Magão | Director