— Gallery

On stage & in portrait.

A look inside recent productions — Carmen and concert stagings — alongside a recent studio session.

Pluton — Orphée aux enfers

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Ismaele — Nabucco

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Desmond — Show Boat

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Nut — In Cosmic Utero & Snake Skin — The Lullaby

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Don José — Carmen

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Frederic — The Pirates of Penzance

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Degree

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— Production reel

Light, shadow, voice.

Scenes from recent stagings — captured under stage light.

"A warm, lyrical tone — sung with conviction."

— Classikon

— Portraits

Studio session

Sam Elmi portrait

Sam Elmi portrait

Sam Elmi portrait

Sam Elmi portrait

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Sam Elmi portrait

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Sam Elmi portrait

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Sam Elmi portrait

Newcastle Herald feature on Sam Elmi

— Newcastle Herald

Rise of the singing doctor.

"I'm so lucky. The way we are living in Australia, I'm so lucky. Even though in Australia you may not have that big, for example, Paris Opera or Metropolitan Opera, opera is still going on and we can sing."

— Dr Sam Elmi

— Press

In the words of others.

"Tenor Sam Elmi is a pleasant-sounding, serviceable Ismaele."

— Limelight

"Sam Elmi brought a warm, lyrical tone to Ismaele."

— Classikon

"Sam Elmi brought a warm, lyrical tone to Ismaele."

— Classikon