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 'Everyone in Magda's circle is dreaming of something, and the characterisation of (Pia Harris...) is a delight.'

- The Times London ★★★★ Opera Holland Park La Rondine 2017

‘Pia Harris, as gender-bending hench-woman Spoletta, and also the one true innocent, Lucia, was an ace in storytelling. Her take on the song of sighs, Io de’ sospiri, was a cry for the soul of humanity.’

- The West Australian ★★★★.5 Freeze Frame Opera Tosca 2019

‘While the famous Abendsegen (Evening Prayer) was a high point, their cuckoo duet was just as enchanting. Harris’ clear-toned aria in the second act, against flute and pizzicato strings, was another highlight.’

-Limelight Magazine ★★★.5 West Australian Opera, Perth Festival, Opera in the Park 2020

biography

 
 

PIA HARRIS

Pia Harris is a music director, conductor and soprano based in Perth, Western Australia after several years in London. Since her Masters at Royal College of Music London (Aldama Scholar & Bliss Trust Award) and training programmes at English National Opera and the National Opera Studio, she has sung extensively as a Principal artist with Opera Holland Park London (Holland Park & Royal Albert Hall), New York Lyric Opera (Carnegie Hall & Symphony Space) and West Australian Opera, most notably as ‘Gretel’ in West Australian Opera’s Hansel & Gretel | Opera in the Park for an audience of 12,000. For Breaksea, Pia has performed, programmed and produced many large scale projects over the last 5 years, most recently conducting Breaksea’s Thunderstorm at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Pia is currently on the Perth Symphony Orchestra Women on the Podium Conducting Programme under the direction of Alice Farnham and Jessica Gethin. In 2022, Pia assisted Conductor Rebecca Lang on West Australian Opera’s Tosca and Northern Ireland Opera’s La Traviata. In 2023, Pia was appointed Director of Music & Mentorship at Breaksea and choral director at Joondalup Symphony Orchestra. For West Australian Opera, Pia was off stage conductor on WAO Otello, conducted WAO Opera in Kalgoorlie, and is music directing two choral projects in Cockburn and Gosnells. Pia also music directed and conducted Origins - 2023 City of Joondalup Community Choral Project, and music directed and performed in The Magical Weedy Seadragon for Breaksea. In 2024, Pia is continuing to deliver the two choral projects for West Australian Opera in Cockburn and Gosnells and setting up a youth chorus in collaboration with UWA Conservatorium of Music, music directing and conducting for Breaksea including Beacon ~ City of Joondalup Community Choral Project, productions; Makar and Caretaker and leading music workshops for Aliwah Bardinar. Pia continues to direct the Joondalup Symphony Orchestra Chorus with over 100 participants.

 

 

 
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PIA HARRIS

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    Pia Harris, Samuel Dundas, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
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    Styles 'Ned Kelly' Ah Foy
    Pia Harris, Adrian Tamburini, Samuel Dundas, Matthew MacFarlane, Matt Reuben James Ward, Fiona Campbell, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
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    Styles 'Ned Kelly' Ah Foy
    Pia Harris, Adrian Tamburini, Fiona Campbell, Samuel Dundas, Matt Reuben James Ward, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
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WATCH

 

Music Director Pia Harris on Origins ~ 2023 City of Joondalup Community Choral Project - Aurora Tent, Hillary’s Boat Harbour.

Music Director Pia Harris & Artistic Director Matt Ward on the Making of the Magical Weedy Seadragon - Albany Entertainment Centre, Awesome Festival & Mandurah Arts Festival, 2023

Music Director Pia Harris on leading the West Australian Opera Adopted Schools Programme, Koondoola Primary School & Nollamara Primary School, 2023

Soprano Pia Harris in By Other Eyes - Albany, Western Australia 2018 - A snap shot into the premiere performance of By Other Eyes - a new work of choral-theatre performed and broadcast live from inside Bruce Munro's Field of Light: Avenue of Honour installation, Albany, Western Australia. Created & Directed by: Matt Reuben James Ward Music by: Jonathan Brain Sound Art by: Jean-Michel Maujean Production Team Conducted by: Chris van Tuinen

Soprano Pia Harris in Opera Holland Park La Rondine - Encore Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso in loving memory of our friend and colleague, Debbie Lamprell - London, 2017

GALLERY

 
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