Australian baritone Shaun Brown has performed and studied in England, Germany, France, Italy and the US, where he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of North Texas.

A former Opera Queensland (OQ) Young Artist, Shaun’s engagements with the company span more than three decades, appearing in over fifty productions, in addition to numerous concerts, festival events, workshops and masterclasses. He is known to Queensland audiences for his roles in Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Così fan tutte, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, La bohème, The Barber of Seville and Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse!. In 2021, he performed A Poet’s Love, a recital with Sarah Crane and Alex Raineri as part of OQ’s Studio Series in partnership with Brisbane Music Festival. Most recently, he performed in OQ’s new productions of La traviata and Così fan tutte, as well as appearances in the inaugural Bel Canto Festival, Opera at Jimbour and the 2024 Festival of Outback Opera.

Internationally, Shaun has sung for Opéra de Lyon, New Zealand International Arts Festival, Freiburg Opera, L’Atelier du Rhin, and in New York at the Center for Contemporary Opera.  He has performed to critical acclaim as a concert soloist in repertoire including Britten’s War Requiem, Faure and Duruflé’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Recently he was the bass soloist in Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s much lauded performance of Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium. Shaun also holds the position of Director of Performance at The University of Queensland, School of Music.