Zachary McCulloch

New Zealand born tenor Zachary McCulloch completed his studies from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and has since performed with companies such as Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, Adelaide Festival, Landestheatre Linz and Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse.

Hailed to sing with “Italianate warmth”, Zachary has a  ringing, full-bodied light-lyric tenor voice, with incredible high notes (up to high D as in Percy’s aria from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena). His roles include Oronte in Alcina, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte, Almaviva / Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ottavio / Don Giovanni, Tonio /La Fille di Régiment…

Recent performances include Nadir / Les Pêcheurs de perles for  Opéra du Grand Sud,  Gualtiero / Il Pirata in Wellington, his debut at  Berlin Deutsche Oper in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ,Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in a shortened version of Zauberflöte as Tamino, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Linz, Flavio / Norma under Fabio Luisi and Aladino e la lampada magica by Rota in Martina Franca.

This season he will sing  Weinberg’s Die Passagierin and Strauss’ Salome in Toulouse,  Tamino / Die Zauberflöte in Besançon, Ferrando / Così Fan Tutte at Festival Castel Artes and Roman sur Isère, Camille / Die lustige Witwe in Adelaide, Benvolio / Roméeo et Juliette at State Opera of South Australia.

Zachary was a studio artist in the State Opera of South Australia’s Opera Academy in 2021. In 2023,  Zachary has been chosen by Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis to sing Rodolfo in La Bohème  in the production of  the ICAV | Institut Canadien d’Art Vocal summer program.

Representation : General Management