ZIGGY HARRIS
Australian lyric baritone, Ziggy Harris, is currently undertaking his Master’s of Music (Voice & Opera) at the Schulich School Of Music within McGill University, having received fellowship scholarships, and under the tutelage of baritone Brett Polegato and coach/pianist Louise Pelletier.
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His staged roles include Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), title in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), Dandini (cover) in La Cenerentola (Rossini), and Cadmus in Semele (Handel).
In March of 2025, he saw success as a finalist of the Wirth Vocal Prize.
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Ziggy has appeared at La Maison Symphonique, Montreal, as the baritone soloist in Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, in concert with the McGill Symphony Orchestra and Schulich Singers, conducted by Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée. Ziggy has also featured in the Montréal Bach Festival as the baritone soloist in Fauré's Requiem.
His other performed concert repertoire includes Pilate and arias in Johannespassion (J. S. Bach), bass soloist in Messiah (Handel), bass soloist in Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Liederkreis Op. 24 & Op. 39 (Schumann), Rückert-lieder & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), Schwanengesang (Schubert), and Histoires Naturelles (Ravel).
In April of 2024, Ziggy performed the world premiere of Canadian composer Sylvie Rickard’s song cycle Answering The Call, alongside guitarist Razvan Bezna and clarinetist Peter Perez Rojas.
Ziggy has performed sold-out recitals for the community of his hometown, Armidale, alongside pianist Dr. Robert Manley, which showcased a mix of operatic arias and lieder cycles. Ziggy has been a choral scholar at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney CBD, directed by Sam Allchurch, and at Ascension Of Our Lord in Westmount, Montreal, directed by Joel Peters.
A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, Ziggy earned his Bachelor of Music (Voice) with Distinction, studying with baritone Dr. Simon Lobelson, having been awarded the Pete Davidson and Patricia Long Scholarships.
Ziggy was born and raised in Armidale, New South Wales, amidst the frosts of the Northern Tablelands, by his two mothers, Jen and Kath. From an early age, they would play Ziggy Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Vivaldi, Rodriguez, Van Morrison, Tchaikovsky, and The Moody Blues, amongst other greats. With backgrounds in behavioural therapy and disabilities nursing, and despite little background in the performing arts, Ziggy's mothers understood that it was important he undertake some creative endeavour, and so he commenced violin lessons at the age of 4. At 10-years-old and still a boy soprano, Ziggy made his solo debut as Cobweb in Opera New England's production of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the following year appeared as The Little Sheppherd Boy in their production of Puccini's Tosca. In 2018, he began his stint at Sydney Conservatorium majoring in Violin, before changing to Voice.