25.06.2026

ELEANOR LYONS | Role debut as Rusalka in Brisbane

Two major operatic debuts await the Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons this summer; she also demonstrated her stylistic versatility in early May as part of the annual ‘Fest der Freunde’ with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra: At Opera Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, she will make her debut as Rusalka in Antonín Dvořák’s eponymous opera, thereby adding to her repertoire a role that particularly showcases the lyrical warmth and richness of her voice. Dvořák’s classic tale of longing, self-sacrifice and the tragic consequences of unrequited love will be directed by Sarah Giles, one of Australia’s most distinguished stage directors, whose interpretation focuses less on the fairy-tale elements and more on questions of identity, belonging and self-discovery…

Her role debut in Brisbane will be followed in July by another personal highlight of this summer: the role of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Southwest Opera in Perth.
 

Cast

Eleanor Lyons, Rusalka 
Rosario La Spina, The Prince
Eva Kong, The Duchess
Warwick Fyfe, Vodnik, the Water King
Ashlyn Tymms, Jezibaba
Maia Andrews, First Wood Nymph
Eleanor Greenwood, Second Wood Nymph
Shikara Ringdahl, Third Wood Nymph
Shaun Brown, The Gamekeeper
Carlos Bárcenas, The Hunter 
Aylish Ryan, The Kitchen Maid 

Vladimir Fanshil, Conductor 
Sarah Giles, Director
Charles Davis, Set Designer 
Renée Mulder, Costume Designer 
Paul Jackson, Lighting Designer 
David Bergman, Video Designer & Content Creator
Eugene Lynch, Assistant Director

Opera Queensland Chorus
Queensland Symphony Orchestra