Zoë Fitzherbert

Soprano Zoë Fitzherbert made her professional operatic debut in 2022 as the Spirit of Aurora in ​The Call of Aurora by Joe Bugden for the Australian Antarctic Festival. In 2023 she created the ​role of Princess Diana in the world premiere production of Thomas Rimes’ mock-baroque ​comic opera, Annus Horribilis, "eliciting great hilarity from the thoroughly engaged audience."

In 2022, Zoë was soprano soloist in the world premieres of two further works: Andrew Ford’s ​Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis with the St David’s Cathedral Choir, Hobart; and Thomas Rimes’ ​Echoes of Van Diemen’s Land, commissioned by the Royal Society of Tasmania and performed in ​Government House, Hobart, with an ensemble of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and ​saxophonist Jabra Latham.

Combining versatility with "her natural buoyancy and captivating performance", Zoë is a ​regular vocalist with big bands and jazz ensembles. She also has twenty years’ experience as ​both chorister and soloist with the St David’s Cathedral Choir, Münchener Bach-Chor and ​Sydneian Bach Choir, among others, with whom she has performed, toured and recorded ​around Europe and Australia.

For her rather delayed arrival in the world of opera, Zoë has a 15-year career as an architect, ​visual artist and tertiary educator of art, design and architectural history in Australia and ​Germany to thank.