Christopher Diffey

Christopher Diffey was born in Melbourne, Australia. He completed his bachelor of Music with Honors from Monash University in 2002, majoring in Vocal performance under the tutelage of Peter Mander. In 2008, he completed his studies on the Royal Academy of Music Opera Course in London under the tutelage of Philip Doghan and Audrey Hyland, graduating with the prestigious DipRAM. Whilst at the Royal Academy of Music, he took part in master classes with Barry Banks, Mark Ainsley, Dennis O'Neil CBE, Julius Drake and John Williams, and gave two solo recitals, performing song cycles by Beethoven and Schumann. He was also accepted onto the Josephine Baker Trust, and received the Norman McCann Scholarship and Picker Trust Award for 2007, and the Rhoda Jones Roberts Scholarship for 2006. In 2010, Ch