Livia Brash

Livia Brash Award-winning Australian soprano, voice teacher and lecturer based in Melbourne, Australia. www.liviabrash.com For more info, please visit www.liviabrash.com

Livia Brash is an operatic soprano, voice teacher and lecturer based in Melbourne, Australia.

A rare photo of me without a can of Red Bull in my hand. 📸Rosa Doric.
16/05/2026

A rare photo of me without a can of Red Bull in my hand. 📸Rosa Doric.

15/05/2026

One of the challenges of opera is that you’re rarely singing in the perfectly aligned, ideal position we practise in.

Sometimes you’re lying down, twisting, running, wearing heavy costumes, or trying to stay vocally stable in positions that make breathing significantly harder.

And often, those unusual positions genuinely serve the storytelling: vulnerability, exhaustion, death, intimacy, desperation.

Singing lying down changes the way the body manages breath and support, so occasionally training has to get a little creative.

A reliable technique isn’t just about sounding good in ideal conditions, it’s about being able to adapt when staging, theatre magic, or life throws something unexpected at you.

Opera is athletic in ways people don’t always realise 🖤

11/05/2026

Earlier this year I spent three months living inside the world of Turandot for Opera Australia, covering one of opera’s most formidable women, full of steel, ice, command, and terrifying orchestral walls. Almost immediately after, I jumped into Fricka in Das Rheingold at the City Recital Hall: another powerful woman with plenty to say… and no hesitation in saying it loudly.

So now moving to Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust feels like vocal rest period. There’s something deeply restorative about coming back to lyricism after months spent in heavier dramatic repertoire, allowing the voice to stretch, soften, and float again.

One of the things I love most about singing is how differently each role asks you to use not only your voice, but yourself. From Turandot’s icy command, to Fricka’s righteous fury, to Marguerite’s aching lyricism, I’ve really enjoyed exploring these women and their very different internal worlds in the space of a few months ✨

Thrilled to be joining Co-Opera’s South Australia tour of Gounod’s Faust as Marguerite. ✨These are my performance dates ...
09/05/2026

Thrilled to be joining Co-Opera’s South Australia tour of Gounod’s Faust as Marguerite. ✨

These are my performance dates featured on the poster, with the wonderful Amelia Price performing the role on 23 & 30 May.

Tickets are now available, come experience one of opera’s most beautiful and devastating stories 🥀

📸Rosa Doric

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