Zachary McCulloch

New Zealand born, Austria based tenor Zachary McCulloch has performed in numerous locations in Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Austria.

Zachary 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 more.

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 Cosi Fan Tutte, Almaviva / Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ottavio / Don Giovanni, Tonio /La Fille di Régiment…

In 2023-2024 he made his debut at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in a shortened version of Zauberflöte as Tamino, sang in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Linz.

In the near future, he will sing Flavio / Norma under Fabio Luisi e Aladino e la lampada magica by Rota at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, Martina Franca ; make his debut at Berlin Deutsche Oper in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg  and  be back at the Capitole of Toulouse for Weinberg’s Die Passagierin and Strauss ‘ Salome.

Zachary was a studio artist in the State Opera of South Australia’s Opera Academy in 2021 and is currently a member of the Landestheatre Linz Opernchor. 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.

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