ZIGGY HARRIS
Australian 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. 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), Cadmus in Semele (Handel), and Le Surintendent Des Plaisirs in Cendrillon (Massenet).
His performed concert repertoire includes Pilate and arias in Johannespassion (J. S. Bach), Bass soloist in Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Baritone soloist in Requiem (Faure), Bass soloist in Miserere Mei, Deus (Allegri), Bass soloist in Coronation Mass (Mozart), Rückert-lieder and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), Histoires Naturelles (Ravel), Liederkreis Op. 24 and Op. 39 (Schumann), Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (Butterworth), and To Julia (Quilter).
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 of Armidale, alongside pianist Dr. Robert Manley, singing arias by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Britten, and Mahler-lieder. Ziggy has been a choral scholar at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney CBD, and at Ascension Of Our Lord in Westmount, Montreal.
A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, Ziggy earned his Bachelor of Music (Voice) 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.