The next Maria is working in a butcher’s shop

The next Maria is working in a butcher’s shop

Opera

norman lebrecht

January 23, 2024

Opera Australia has announced casting for West Side Story in March.

Singing the role of Maria is Nina Korbe, 25, a rising talent at Opera Queensland who comes from a First Nation family and works at a butchers shop near Brisbane to make ends meet.

A former student at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Nina tells the ABC: ‘Working in the butcher shop keeps me grounded and more balanced.’

 

 

Comments

  • Sam says:

    She’s a brilliantly talented STAR. Lucky audiences in Oz.

  • Mystic Chord says:

    Apparently Opera Australia had to organise a steakout to find her.

  • PS says:

    In related news, the Oscar nominations are out, and Maestro might win them all and then some.

  • B E Van says:

    It’s just disgusting that musicians in the new world don’t come from intergenerational wealth and privilege.

  • Sue Sonata Form says:

    Obviously she’s got the chops for the role!!

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