Georgia Wilkinson
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ABout Georgia

Trained in various vocal styles, and currently starring as Christine Daaé in the European Tour of Phantom of the Opera, Georgia Wilkinson is making a name for herself as one of Australia’s most versatile young sopranos. 

Since beginning her classical voice training at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Georgia has progressively built her repertoire of operatic and musical theatre credits. Companies she has worked with include Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, Left Bauer Productions, Gippsland Opera, Weimar Lyric Opera Studio (Germany) and Gertrude Opera.

Georgia has had the pleasure of performing alongside some of Australia’s most celebrated and illustrious artists, including Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Yvonne Kenny, Marina Prior, David Hobson and Sylvie Paladino. 

In addition to opera, Georgia has also taken on many musical theatre roles. These include the roles of Christine in Phantom of the Opera, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Maria in West Side Story. For her impressive musical theatre performances, Georgia has been recognised with a Guild Award and four Lyrebird Awards. 

Georgia graduated from the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music and has studied opera abroad in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Georgia’s studies in London and New York, where she had the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s most renowned vocal coaches, were supported by grants from the Ian Potter Foundation and the Australia Council for the Arts. 

Through her operatic career, Georgia has received various awards, including ‘Opera Scholar of the Year’ through the illustrious Opera Scholars Australia program and first place in the Ringwood Aria Competition. She was also the youngest Opera Scholar of the Year and Robert Salzer Voice Awardee.

In 2018, Georgia was accepted into Victorian Opera’s 2018 Young Artist program, as well as performing in Gertrude Opera’s Yarra Valley Opera Festival, performing on her first Bravo Cruise: Radience of the Seas, and being featured in Sydney’s Carols in the Domain in December 2018 (televised on Channel Seven) as one of Australia’s finest upcoming opera singers.

Georgia’s career highlights of 2019 included performing in Victorian Opera’s Parsifal, becoming a young artist with Gertrude Opera, starring in her 5th Opera by the Lakes, performing at Sydney Town Hall, presenting the title role in Victorian Opera's Alice Through the Opera Glass, performing at Opera Under the Stars in Broome, performing  at Hamer Hall for the first time in ConcertWork's production of Jekyll and Hyde starring Anthony Warlow, and performing in Opera Australia's production of Turandot. 

On October 23rd 2019, Georgia won Australia's prestigious Herald Sun Aria competition. 

With the return of performances in Australia in 2021, Georgia performed the role of the Princess in The Sleeping Beauty with Victorian Opera, before going on to perform in Opera Australia's productions of Aida and Ernani at the Arts Centre Melbourne. In May of 2021, Georgia made her solo debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Deakin Edge in Federation Square.  

In 2022, Georgia understudied the role of Christine Daaé in Opera Australia's production of Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour, before going on to star as Dorothy in Victorian Opera's production of Il Mago di Oz (The Wizard of Oz). 
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