Murray Dahm
Murray Dahm (Bass) has sung in and directed opera in Australia and New Zealand. He has directed productions of The Fairy Queen, Doctor Miracle, Noël, Cole and Gertie, Die Fledermaus, Madama Butterfly, Fidelio, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Carmen, La boheme, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, The Elixir of Love, and Fra Diavolo. He has also worked in television and voice over. In 2001 his radio play Tell Giulio the Chocolate is Ready was produced by Radio New Zealand. In 1998 Murray was one of four inaugural emerging artists with Opera New Zealand. He has lectured on opera around Australia since 2003. In 2011 he travelled to Iowa to present his research on Verdi's Attila and in 2012 travelled to New York to deliver a paper on Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. His repertoire includes roles in La traviata, Gianni Schicchi, Macbeth, Hansel und Gretel, Die Entführung aus Dem Serail, Madama Butterfly, Owen Wingrave, Martha, La Perichole, The Yeomen of the Guard, Paganini, Attila, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Fra Diavolo, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, La Boheme, Die Fledermaus, Doctor Miracle and The Fairy Queen. In addition to being a Co-Founder of Opera Bites, Murray is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Opera Express, an education programme which introduces opera to young people.