Award-winning First Nations soprano, Nina Korbe, is quickly establishing herself as one of Australia’s leading young sopranos. She has been praised for her creamy tone, brilliant top notes and sensitive performances, which continue to delight critics and audiences.  

For Opera Queensland, she has appeared in their productions of La bohème, Die Fledermaus, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Peter Grimes and Verdi’s Requiem. In concert, she has been engaged as soloist by Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Southern Cross Soloists and the Goldner String Quartet.  

In 2024, Nina made her Opera Australia début as Maria in West Side Story and later this year, she sings Lisette in Puccini’s La rondine for Victorian Opera and will continue in her position as Artist in Residence with the Queensland Youth Orchestra. In this capacity, she has sung Ravel’s Shéhérazade at the Musikverein in Vienna, Stiftung Mozarteum in Salzburg and Laieszhalle in Hamburg.  

As a proud Koa, Kuku Yalanji, Wakka Wakka woman, she is actively involved in the championing of Indigenous Voices; Nina sits on Queensland Youth Orchestra’s Reconciliation Action Plan Board and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s First Nations Advisory Board. She is also an advisor to the Australian Music Foundation. Nina is a 2024 OQ Young Artist.