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Daniel Verschuer

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Daniel Verschuer is an operatic tenor from Sydney, Australia. As a child he was a boy soprano who performed with Opera Australia, most notably as Gherardino in Gianni Schicchi (2007- from Il Trittico). Other performances as part of the children’s chorus included Carmen (2008), Billy Budd (2008), and Carmina Burana (2007). In his teenage years, he was part of Gondwana Chorale, touring internationally to the United Kingdom and France. 

Verschuer is a graduate of the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney. During his studies, he performed his first roles through Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney, including as Frederick in Pirates of Penzance (2017) and Richard Dauntless in The Ghosts of Ruddigore (2018). In 2019, Verschuer performed both The Mikado (Nanki-Poo) and Der Zigeunerbaron (Ottokar) with Rockdale Opera, before joining Siren Theatre Co.’s production of HMS Pinafore, which featured at the 2021 Sydney Festival. He also featured in productions of Iphigénie en Tauride (2021) and Le nozze di Figaro (2022) with the Cooperative Opera of Sydney.

In 2019, Verschuer joined Pacific Opera for the first time as an adjunct artist. He would later become a Young Artist part way through 2020, continuing until the end of the following year. During this time, Verschuer worked under the direction of Simon Kenway, Peter Coleman- Wright, and Cheryl Barker, and studied roles including from Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Cosi fan tutte (Ferrando), and Fidelio (Jaquino). He has since been invited back to perform in the Pacific Opera productions of Die Zauberflöte (2022), Albert Herring (2022), and Don Giovanni (2023). 

Verschuer began 2023 performing in the spectacular version of the Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, put on at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall alongside Michael Sheen, leading Australian actors, and the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra. He then performed the role of Nemorino first for National Opera Canberra’s production of The Elixir of Love, and again for Rockdale Opera’s production of the same opera. Verschuer also performed John Stainer’s Crucifixion on invitation from the Sutherland Shire Choral Society.

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