In conversation: Deborah Humble’s Twin Passions Of Teaching And Performing

In conversation: Deborah Humble’s Twin Passions Of Teaching And Performing

It was a character in George Bernard Shaw’s play Man and Superman who said “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble for one, has proved Shaw’s character wrong. The Welsh-born Australian trained singer combines a busy schedule of teaching and performing around the opera world. Right now, she has just finished…

Dream Win For Countertenor Nicholas Tolputt In Sydney Eisteddfod

Dream Win For Countertenor Nicholas Tolputt In Sydney Eisteddfod

Deborah Humble interviews the 25-year-old winner of the 2016 City of Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Aria Award and Melba Trust Scholar. When the City of Sydney Eisteddfod asked the entrants in this year’s Opera Scholarship to explain why they so loved this particular genre of music, countertenor Nicholas Tolputt stated that opera offers ‘truthfulness’ and requires ‘commitment,’…