MOST (Music & Opera Singers Trust Limited)

24/12/2025

🎄✨ This Christmas, we celebrate music, community, and the voices that inspire us.
Music and Opera Singers Trust is proud to support opera singers and keep classical music alive. 🎶

Thank you for being part of our journey. Wishing you a joyful, music-filled Christmas! ❄️🎼

18/12/2025

Last week MOST presented a masterclass which offered performers the opportunity to work closely with Maestra Helena Dix Soprano FRAM. Eight classical musicians honed their craft in a supportive, high-energy environment with the internationally acclaimed soprano. This unique presentation attracted a large audience and ticket allocations were quickly exhausted.

We hope you enjoy the video of this highly entertaining masterclass.

Enjoy the 2025 MOST Master Class, led by internationally acclaimed soprano and Maestra Helena Dix. This special evening brought together young opera singers,...

27/11/2025

We send our sincere gratitude to the illustrious Adjudication panel that presided over the 2025 Opera Awards auditions. We hope you enjoy this insightful panel interview featuring Dr. Di Bresciani OAM, Rosamund Illing, Simon Meadows, and Peter Tregear OAM.

In this exclusive interview, our esteemed panel of Adjudicators, Di Bresciani OAM (Chair), Simon Meadows, Peter Tregear, and Rosamund Illing, discuss the imp...

24/11/2025

We’re delighted to share with you baritone Lachlann Lawton’s performance of Gounod’s “Avant de quitter ces lieux” from Faust.

In the 2025 Opera Awards, Lachlann won the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship, presented by The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, and the Glyndebourne Festival Prize, presented by Glyndebourne.

Lachlann Lawton, baritone, performs 'Avant de quitter ces lieux’ from Faust by Gounod with accompanist Phillipa Safey. Lachlann won the Armstrong-Martin Scho...

24/11/2025

Last week, Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd. (MOST) presented the 2025 Opera Awards at Melbourne Recital Centre's Primrose Potter Salon. Following a full day of auditions, Ashlyn Tymms was named the Winner.

We hope you enjoy her winning performance of Saint-Saëns' 'Mon Cœur s'ouvre à ta voix’, from Samson et Delilah, accompanied by Raymond Lawrence.

Winner of the 2025 Opera Awards (Australia) YMFA Award, Ashlyn Tymms, Mezzo Soprano, performs 'Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix’ from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalil...

24/11/2025

Join us for the 2025 MOST Masterclass, led by internationally acclaimed soprano, Maestra Helena Dix. This special evening is designed for young opera singers, répétiteurs, teachers, and community members to learn from one of Australia’s leading artists as she explores the singer–répétiteur partnership and the craft of classical singing.

📅 Thursday, 11 December
⏰ 5:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 The Church, Alexandria
🎟️ Use this link for free registration https://mostlyoperaaust.wufoo.com/forms/z1bi010m191hna9

Be part of Australia’s vibrant opera community. Learn, listen, and connect.

20/11/2025

We're excited to announce the Ashlyn Tymms has bee named as the Winner of the 2025 Opera Awards!
Ashlyn won the Youth Music Foundation Australia Prize valued at $30,000.
Baritone Lachlann Lawton also received two awards: the $5,000 Armstrong-Martin Scholarship, sponsored by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, and the Glyndebourne Festival Prize, offering rehearsal access and audition opportunities at the UK festival.
Congrats to both Ashlyn and Lachlann!

Read the linked Limelight article to find out more about the 2025 Opera Awards.

Tymms, who made her Opera Australia debut earlier this year in Cendrillon, “absolutely thrilled and deeply grateful” to receive the prize.

08/10/2025

Opera Awards entries are closing on 17 October.

Are you ready to take the next step in your operatic journey? The Opera Awards are back, offering Australia’s most promising opera singers the chance to secure generous prizes and international career development opportunities.

Whether you're a returning applicant or applying for the first time, this is your chance to be recognised at a pivotal point in your career. Past winners have gone on to stellar international success — now it could be your turn.

Presented by Music & Opera Singers Trust (MOST), the Opera Awards are a private and prestigious opportunity to advance your professional journey — with only the winner publicly announced.

Entry details and how to enter in the comments below.

For professional Australian Opera singers

29/09/2025

🎭Get your applications in for the 2025 Opera Awards! Entries close 17 October

👉 All the details and how to enter:
https://operawards.org/how-to-enter/

29/09/2025

🎉 Proud moment! Check out this wonderful feature in Limelight on 2025 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Mathy Winner Sidra Nissen, and our other amazing prize winners!

The 23-year-old Victorian mezzo-soprano takes home the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship along with additional prizes.

29/07/2025

2025 Opera Awards entries are now open!

The Opera Awards are open to professional opera singers who have performed at least two principal roles with a recognised opera company since 2023. See if you are eligible to enter to win the $35,000 in prizes, aimed at supporting overseas study and your international career.

Click the link below for more info!

https://operawards.org/how-to-enter/

MOST has a long and rich history creating and managing elite instrumental and opera competitions, awards and scholarships both nationally and abroad. Over the years MOST® has offered individual awards, scholarships and grants to support musicians, conductors and repetiteurs.