Samuel Dundas

Samuel Dundas

A graduate of the Melba Conservatorium of Music, Samuel has sung in concert throughout Australia and New Zealand with all the leading symphony orchestras and choral societies.

Major role debuts have been a feature of Samuel Dundas’ recent engagements, including Wolfram (Tannhäuser) for Opera Australia, the Count (Capriccio) for Victorian Opera, Donner (Das Rheingold) for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the title role in Richard Mills’ new opera, Galileo, for Victorian Opera and Cave in Jonathan Mills’ new opera, Eucalyptus, in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne.  

Samuel has also appeared in the role of Aphron in The Golden Cockerel for Adelaide Festival; as Marcello and the title role (Voss) for State Opera South Australia (Marcello also for Opera Australia and West Australian Opera); Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for Opera Queensland; Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Haydn’s Harmony Mass and both Faure and Mozart Requiems for Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Carmina Burana for Festival of Voices, Hobart and Adelaide Symphony; and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol for Victorian Opera. Samuel has given recitals, The Wanderer’s Life, in Burnie for the Ten Days on the Island Festival and for Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in the Chamber Landscapes series at Ukaria for Adelaide Festival.  

Further opera engagements include the title role in a Ned Kelly (Styles) for Lost & Found Opera and Perth Festival; Dancairo and Morales (Carmen) for State Opera South Australia; Count Carl Magnus Malcolm (A Little Night Music) for Victorian Opera; Papageno (The Magic Flute) for New Zealand Opera; Marcello for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour; Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) and Valentin (Faust) for West Australian Opera; and Morales and Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet) in concert performances with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. 

In 2013 Samuel won the Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship and in 2014 was the proud recipient of the inaugural Dame Heather Begg Award. 

Press:

Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra  

‘. . . an impressive quartet of soloists, Dundas, in particular, bringing a real operatic vigour to his opening call for freedom.’  William Dart, New Zealand Herald, March 2023   

Voss, State Opera South Australia  

“Samuel Dundas is truly excellent as Voss, capturing his failings (his indecisiveness, egocentricity and alienation) in an affecting way. He is equally fine in his love for Laura and the ultimately Christ-like spreading of his life-blood upon the firmament. Dundas is a fine dramatic, committed singer who moves effortlessly from naïve Romantic musing to true understanding through love which redeems him.”  Brett Allen-Bayes, Limelight, May 2022 


“Samuel Dundas was an imposing figure, both physically and vocally, in the title role. His voice has a rich, dark, even quality, and there is an impressive intensity and suppressed violence in his performance.” Michael Halliwell, ABR, May 2022 

La bohème, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Opera Australia 

“…Sustaining a focused, richly coloured timbre, baritone Samuel Dundas was an energetic and sympathetic Marcello.” Murray Black, The Australian, March 2018 

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