Nick Kirkup is a Queensland based Tenor and has a diverse performance history in choral and operatic repertoire. 

On the concert stage, Nick has performed as a tenor soloist with many of southeast Queensland’s major choral societies. Recent engagements include tenor soloist in Bach’s St John’s Passion for Canticum (2024), the role of Evangelist in Canticum’s performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (2020), tenor soloist for the Canticum and Brisbane Chorale performance of Handel’s Israel in Egypt (2019), and tenor soloist for the state tour of Handel’s Messiah with Queensland Symphony Orchestra (2016). 

For Opera Queensland, Nick has appeared in numerous productions with Opera Queensland’s Chorus since 2016. A regular facilitator and singer for Opera Queensland’s Learning Regional and Community programs, he has performed in concerts and participated in workshops in every corner of Queensland. In 2024 and 2025 season he was a featured soloist as part of Opera Queensland’s Festival of Outback Opera. He has also featured as part of their Young Artist Program in 2023 and 2024. 

In 2026 Nick has had the pleasure of creating the role of Trooper Leslie for Opera Australia’s world premier of The Drover’s Wife. 

Other recent engagements include, Rodolfo in La Boheme (2024-2025, Opera Australia), Angelotti and Spoletta in Tosca (2024, Opera Queensland), Giuseppe in La traviata (2022, Opera Queensland) and tenor soloist in Songs of Love and War (2021, Opera Queensland), as well as understudying Malcolm in Macbeth (2023, Opera Queensland), Don Basilio/Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro (2021, Opera Queensland), Spoletta in Tosca (2019, Opera Queensland), and Reverend Horace Adams in Peter Grimes (in association with Brisbane Festival, 2018).