Stephen J. Marsh
BARITONE
Stephen J. Marsh is an Australian baritone who made his professional debut in Victorian Opera's Sleeping Beauty in 2017 and was a developing artist with the company for both the 2017/2018 seasons.
To date he has performed over 15 roles with the company, including 'Olivier' Capriccio (Strauss), 'Dandini' in La Cenerentola (Rossini), 'Zurga' in Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet),'The Tin Man' in Il Mago di Oz (Valtinoni), 'The Woodcutter' in Sleeping Beauty (Respighi) and 'The Giant' in the Australian premiere of The Selfish Giant by Simon Bruckard and Emma Muir-Smith.
In 2023, Stephen was the recipient of the 'Deutsche Oper Berlin' award from the Opera Foundation for Young Australians. He will perform as a member of the 'Stipendiat Program' at the Deutsche Oper for the 24/25 opera season.
In August 2024, Stephen made his Edinburgh International Festival debut as 'Olivier' in Capriccio under the baton of Alexander Soddy and in 2021, he made his European debut as 'Marcello' in Puccini's La Bohème under the baton of James Gaffigan at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Stephen has also performed both in concert and recital with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and The Forest Collective.
Stephen was a scholar with the prestigious Melba Opera Trust for 2018/2019. During this time he was also an inaugural member of Melbourne Opera's Richard Divall Emerging Artists Program. Stephen was a member of Opera Scholars Australia from 2011-2017. Stephen is the inaugural recipient of Victorian Opera's 'Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts Opera Prize' as well as the 'The Family of the Late Frederick R Davidson Opera Award'. Stephen's other awards include: an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship, Creative Australia's 'Sir Robert Askin Operatic Scholarship', the 'John and Anne Duncan Opera Award' and the 2018 Melbourne Welsh Male Choir 'Singer of the Year'.
