Originally founded by Katie Miller-Crispe in 2015 with the late and much-loved Taryn Fiebig as its patron, Operantics was incorporated in 2022.  Its Board of Directors comprises Dr Alison Pert (Chair), Pamela Andrews, Katie Miller-Crispe, Dr Robert Mitchell, Gae Robinson and Bruce Watson.

Operantics is now a registered charity and is in the process of acquiring Tax-Deductible Gift Recipient status. In the interim, all donations are tax-deductible through the Australian Cultural Fund.

To make a donation, please use the ‘Contact Us’ page to receive details of our current giving campaign.

Our Artist Patron - Deborah Humble

Previously a Principal Artist at Opera Australia and the State Opera of Hamburg, Deborah Humble has performed more than sixty operatic roles worldwide including Amneris (Aida), Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera), Zenobia (Radamisto), Bradamante (Alcina), Erda (Das Rheingold, Siegfried), Waltraute (Die Walküre, Die Götterdämmerung), Klytamnestra (Elektra), Malik (L’Upupa), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Suzuki (Madame Butterfly), Aunty (Peter Grimes), Marcelina (The Marriage of Figaro), Branngäne (Tristan und Isolde), Mescalina (Le Grande Macabre), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress), Dulcinée (Don Quichotte), Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia), Sonyetka (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Madelon  (Andrea Chenier), Carmen (Carmen) and Clarissa (The Love for Three Oranges.)

Equally at home on the concert platform her repertoire includes Mahler’s 2nd, 3rd and 8th Symphonies, Requiems by Verdi, Dvorák, Mozart, Duruflé and Fauré, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, The Music Makers, The Kingdom and the Dream of Gerontius, and Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Te Deum.

Our Board of Directors