lily ward - secondo

SOPRANO

Lily Ward is a soprano who completed her honours year in classical voice performance at The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2023. This followed her study of a bachelor’s degree in Music and Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the Australian National University in Canberra. Originally from Hobart, Tasmania, her love of classical voice began with Bel Canto Australia under the guidance of Susanne Ortusoat the age of 11. In 2022, Lily was a semi-finalist in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition and runner-up in the ArtSound fm Young Virtuoso awards. She also won the prestigious Whitworth-Roach Prize for Classical music at the ANU and was a finalist in the Melbourne Conservatorium Concerto Aria Competition.

She has performed several operatic roles with National Opera, Melbourne Opera and the Melbourne Conservatorium. Lily is also a Scholar with Opera Scholars Australia. In 2023 she was selected as a developing artist with the Richard Divall Developing and Emerging Artist Program where she performed the role of Barbarina in their production of The Marriage of Figaro.