Tasmanian Soprano, Georgia Cooper recently completed her Masters of Music Studies in Opera Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with High Distinction.

During her studies, Georgia has been awarded the Peter Davidson, Chapple/ Bremner, Helpmann Family Fellowship and Patricia Lucas Music Scholarships. She is also a recipient of the George and Margaret Henderson Traveller’s Scholarship which enabled her to attend a winter school program at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Whilst in attendance, she performed as principal soprano in staged performances as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (conducted by Leon Frantzen- Malesani) and Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos (conducted by Andreas Ashikkis).

In 2024, at the Prague Summer Nights Festival, Georgia performed as Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) with conductor Craig Kier and director Garnett Bruce. Additional roles include: Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) at the Trentino Music Festival, Miss Jessel (Britten) with Hayes Theatre Company, Fortuna from L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi/ Kats-Chernin) conducted by Stephen Mould and directed by David Berthold in collaboration with the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, Principal Soprano in Triptico (Kats-Chernin) for Danza Del Arte, Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) for The Cooperative. Ensemble opera scenes include Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) and Thaïs (Massenet) with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luke Spicer.

Concert repertoire as soloist includes: Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms) and Stella Natalis (Jenkins) for the Illawarra Choral Society with conductor Carlos Alvarado, The Creation (Haydn) for East Sydney Chamber Orchestra with conductor Omid Mohebzadeh and Requiem (Fauré) with conductor Huw Belling for St Stephen’s Uniting Church.

Georgia most recently performed as principal soprano in two operatic world premiers: Menarche by Jessica O’Donoghue and M.TH.R by Oliver Cameron with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in collaboration with the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.