Bass-baritone
Timothy Newton

Biography
Timothy Newton is a bass-baritone from Queensland, having grown up on the Gold Coast. He returned to Australia last year, after singing in the 2019-20 season singing at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.
He has performed Colline in La bohème (Deutsche Oper, New Zealand Opera), Quince in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (Deutsche Oper), Ribbing, Ballo in Maschera (Deutsche Oper), Sarstro (Opera Australia School’s Company), and roles for other companies such as Victorian Opera, including Alessio in La Sonnambula.
He will sing Figaro for Opera Queensland this year. An experienced oratorio singer, he has performed Handel’s Messiah, the St John and St Matthew Passions of Bach, and Haydn’s Creation, in Melbourne and elsewhere. He studied at the University of Melbourne and spent six years with the Choir of Trinity College. He is a former scholar with the Melba Opera Trust, a Lisa Gasteen National Opera Studio alumnus, and studied singing in Melbourne, Italy, and Germany. Timothy also studied law and commerce, and for a time, practised as a solicitor in Melbourne.
Timothy was one of our 2021 Young Artists.
Past Performances
Performance The Marriage of Figaro
It’s Figaro and Susanna’s wedding day but their boss, the Count, has other ideas, he too wants Susanna. And so begins one of the greatest love stories ever told. This…
26 SeptemberEvent Songs of Love and War
Songs of Love and War Presented by Opera Queensland and The University of Queensland School of Music in association with Urban Art Projects. In 1638, renowned Italian composer, Claudio Monteverdi,…
20 November 2021Performance VERDI
Opera Queensland’s VERDI brings the power and majesty of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s works to the Concert Hall stage for two performances this November. Songs from La traviata, Macbeth, Il…