Opera Australia Appoints Two New Directors To Its Board

The Board of Opera Australia has announced two new members. Joining the board are celebrated Australian recording and performing artist Greta Bradman and Professor Warren Bebbington AM, Professorial Fellow in Music at the University of Melbourne who was appointed earlier this year.

Ms Bradman and Professor Bebbington join the Board as Opera Australia continues its ambitions to put a uniquely Australian stamp on the artform and to nurture new generations of creative talent.

Ms Bradman is an an award-winning soprano, ABC broadcaster, writer and psychologist. A focus of her work as a psychologist is the connection between wellbeing and performance. Ms Bradman is a Trustee of the Arts Centre Melbourne and Board member of the Bradman Foundation.

Professor Bebbington was previously Vice Chancellor of the University of Adelaide until 2017 and prior to this had a long career in music. He is Chair of the Board of Melbourne University Publishing Ltd, Chair of the fine arts college LCI Melbourne, and Chair of the autism peak body Amaze Inc.

Ms Bradman and Professor Bebbington are working alongside Chair Rod Sims and fellow Board Directors Warwick Bray, Jonathan Feder, Jane Hansen AO, Michelle Kam, Deena Shiff and Andrew Sisson.