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Olive Cullen is a Melbourne based performer, originally from the coastal town of Wollongong, where she trained with Karen Cummings, and undertook short courses at NIDA and with the NSW Arts Unit.

She has performed in operas, concerts, plays, musicals, pantomimes, films, cabarets, variety shows and private functions.

From 2020-24, she studied a Bachelors of Music Performance, learning from Suzanne Johnston, and completed a diploma of Languages majoring in German.

She has been a Scholar with Opera Scholars Australia since 2022, and is a regular performer with Opera in the Country. Olive is passionate about promoting the value of singing and music in communities, as a result winning the Union House Theatre’s 2021 Community Engagement Award for her work on the UMMTA Chorus.

Some credits include ensemble in Mahagonny Songspiel and 7 Little Australians with Opera Carnivale, featured artist in the Crystal Clear Productions Cabaret, and featured performer in the Club Voltaire Vaudevillian nights. Her recent credits include Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), and Chorus/Third Spirit Cover in The Magic Flute (Mozart) with the University of Melbourne Masters of Opera.