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Shanul Sharma

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Possessing a voice capable of ‘dazzling fireworks’ (The Age), ‘laser-like precision’ (Limelight Magazine), ‘radiant high notes’ (Opera Libera) and ‘resplendent clarity’ (Sydney Morning Herald), tenor Shanul Sharma ‘the first Indian-born Australian to perform as a principal artist in an Australian opera’ (SBS News).
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Shanul launched his singing career as a lead vocalist in heavy metal bands and released three original studio albums between 2004-2012 while simultaneously exploring the classical singing style as an artistic expression. He relocated from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne and commenced his training as an opera singer in 2013.
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Shanul’s operatic debut came in 2014 with Opera Australia as ‘Don Ramiro’ in Rossini’s La Cenerentola for the Victorian Schools’ Tour. He later joined the company's Moffatt-Oxenbould Young Artist Programme in 2018-2021 and among others, has performed the roles of ‘Il Conte di Libenskof’ in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims and ‘The Student’ in Reimann’s The Ghost Sonata to critical acclaim in both Sydney and Melbourne (2019) on the company's main stage, the latter of which was broadcast on ABC Classic FM. Shanul will also be debuting the role of 'M.K. Gandhi' in Philip Glass' Satyagraha followed by an Australian tour as 'Il Conte d'Almaviva' in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia for 2023 with the company.
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In concert, Shanul has appeared most notably with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra at the Llangollen Festival, Wales for Grammy Award winning composer Christopher Tin's composition 'Calling All Dawns' (2017), LaVerdi Orchestra, Milan, under the baton of Claus Peter Flor (2018), the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra for Mazda Opera in the Domain under the baton of Brian Castles-Onion AM (2019) and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for the Perth Festival under the baton of Richard Mills AM (2023), all of which were broadcast on S4C (UK TV channel), RAI (Italian TV Channel) and ABC Classic FM respectively.
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With other opera companies most notably, Shanul has appeared as ‘Il Conte di Libenskof’ for the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia in Moscow (2020 & 2019) and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy (2018), as the title role in Mozart’s Mitridate, Re di Ponto at Teatro Olimpico for Festival Vicenza in Lirica (Sept 2021), 'Lindoro' in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri for Fondazione Rete Lirica delle Marche (2022), 'Gennaro' in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia for Melbourne Opera, ‘Il Conte d’Almaviva’ in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Italy (2018) and Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale for Teatro Martinetti, Italy (2017). Also in 2018, he represented the Rossini Opera Festival at the prestigious LaVerdi Auditorium in Milan as the tenor soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater and at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. In addition, he has also performed the roles of ‘Florville’ in Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino, the title role in Massenet’s Werther and the tenor soloist in Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah.
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In high demand for gala concerts Shanul has also appeared across various festivals and gala concerts in Australia, UK and Italy including 'Opera in the Alps' and 'Opera in the Market'. 
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In late 2022 Shanul toured as the lead vocalist with Eric Lévi's French new age group +eRa+ across France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg playing to a combined audience of more than 60,000 people. He looks forward to joining the project again in early 2024.
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Shanul holds an MA in Advanced Vocal Studies from the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff, UK under the directorship of Mo. Dennis O'Neill CBE, and is a winner of the 2017 ‘Canto Lirico’ discipline and the ‘Rossini International Award’ from Pesaro, Italy. He remains as the only artist to have won both the awards in the same calendar year.
In 2019, he was awarded Broadway World Sydney’s ‘Best Performer in an Opera - Male’ for his performance as ‘The Student’ in The Ghost Sonata for Opera Australia and was a part of the company's Moffatt-Oxenbould Young Artist Program from 2018-2021.

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