DANIELLA SICARI

BIOGRAPHIES

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Daniella Sicari - Soprano

Australian/British Soprano Daniella Sicari has built an international reputation as an engaging performer with a warm and sparkling tone. The emerging soprano grew up in Perth, Western Australia and is currently based in the UK. In 2019 she had her debut appearance at the Buxton International Festival, performing the role of ‘Sticks’ in the UK premier of The Orphans of Koombu. Daniella has recently travelled to Norway to sing in Sweeney Todd with Bergen Nasjonale Opera. She has also worked with Clonter Opera on various projects and this Summer she had the delight to perform Ariel by Jonathan Dove for the Waterperry Opera Mini Festival. Completing her postgraduate studies at the RNCM under the tutelage of Mary Plazas, performed roles whilst studying include Despina, Lady Ellington, La Fée and Gretel. She previously trained at The WAAPA with Patricia Price, receiving a Bachelor of Music and Post-Graduate Diploma in Classical Voice. 2021 season highlights include Gianetta with Waterperry Opera Festival and Anne Egerman with Buxton International Festival. www.daniellasicari.com

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Caitlin Cassidy - Mezzo Soprano

Caitlin was recently a principal artist with Opera Australia singing Aunty B in The Barber of Seville NSW Schools Tour. An award-winning Young Artist with West Australian Opera, Caitlin made her debut as Countess Ceprano and subsequently sang Third Lady (The Magic Flute) and Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and in their regional and Morning Melodies concert series. Caitlin sang Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with the State Opera of South Australia. She performs regularly with Freeze Frame Opera as Silvia (I Pagliacci) and Ježibaba (The Little Mermaid) and in their gala concerts. She completed a Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes in New York where she also sang Ruggiero (Alcina) with New York Lyric Opera. Prior to this, she graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she completed a Bachelor of Music, a Graduate Diploma and a Master of Creative Arts. www.caitlincassidymezzo.com

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Alessandro Pittorino - Organist

Hailed as "Australia's Wunderkind Organist" by ABC TV, ALESSANDRO PITTORINO is an Australian musician who is increasingly becoming one of the most exciting, invigorating, and innovative young organists in the world today. Since sparking interest in the organ at the age of 5, Pittorino has gone on to be the first Australian organist to graduate from The Juilliard School, where he studied with GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs. Pittorino has performed for the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicole Kidman, has toured from New York to California; from Perth to Sydney, and has been lauded by The Australian as “a self-confessed showman who loves to engage with his audience”. Heralded by Germany’s BR-Klassik as an “Extraordinary young organist” Pittorino has performed extensively throughout the USA and Australia, most notable at NYC’s Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, San Diego’s Spreckels Organ Pavilion, The Resonant Bodies Festival at Carriageworks in Sydney, The Melbourne Town Hall, and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. www.aussieorganist.com

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Katherine Potter - Violist

Katherine Potter is a freelance violist and composer with an interesting musical background, having completed Bachelors of Music in both jazz performance (WA Academy of Performing Arts) and classical performance (with first-class honours; University of Western Australia). Katherine was a 2006 Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist, has performed as a casual violist with the WA Symphony Orchestra since 2007, and plays as Principal Violist with the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Katherine has composed concert, film and dance music which has been performed in Australia, the US and Canada, and has a predilection for writing new soundtracks for 1920s silent films for the ensemble Viola Dana. Katherine has been a recipient of two DLGSC Development Grants and an Australia Council Artstart grant, and is currently a sessional staff member at WAAPA.