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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

Performing Arts WA award winning creative, Pia Harris is a music director, conductor, arranger and soprano based in Perth, Western Australia after several years in London. Since her Masters at Royal College of Music London and training programmes at English National Opera and the National Opera Studio, she has sung extensively as a Principal artist performing at Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall with Opera Holland Park London and New York Lyric Opera, and at West Australian Opera, most notably as ‘Gretel’ in West Australian Opera’s Hansel & Gretel | Opera in the Park for an audience of 12,000. Director of music at Breaksea, Pia has performed, music directed and conducted many large scale projects over the last 6 years, most recently music directing and conducting Breaksea’s Caretaker at Fridays Studio and performing in Breaksea’s Circuitwest tour of Magical Weedy Seadragon. Pia is currently an Advanced Scholar and UWA choral society fellow on the Perth Symphony Orchestra Women on the Podium Conducting Programme.

For West Australian Opera, Pia has worked as off stage conductor on WAO Otello, conducted WAO Opera in Kalgoorlie, and delivers many choral projects for the company. Next year for Breaksea, Pia is music directing two choral projects in the East Kimberley and Great Southern, the youth ensembles performing at the Ord Valley Muster and Albany Entertainment Centre respectively. Pia has recently arranged vocal and choral parts for Aliwah Bardinar! a new interactive children’s show by superstar duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse premiering at Albany Entertainment Centre and Awesome Arts Festival in 2025. In addition, Pia will be conducting the Breaksea Youth Ensemble & Aquinas College Schola Cantorum in these performances. Pia continues to direct the Joondalup Symphony Orchestra Chorus with over 100 participants.

 

 

 
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WATCH

 

Music Director Pia Harris on Breaksea & Wanjoo productions project - Aliwah Bardinar! at Hilton Primary School (2:33 & 3:50)

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

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PIA HARRIS

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    Styles 'Ned Kelly' Sgt. Kennedy
    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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