Australian baritone Michael Lampard enjoys a multifaceted career as a performer, composer, conductor and voice teacher. Recognised as one of Australia’s leading dramatic baritones, he is based in Sydney and is a Principal Artist with Opera Australia. His career spans opera, musical theatre, concert repertoire and contemporary classical music. Born in Hobart, Michael studied at the University of Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) and a Master of Music before commencing his professional career with Melbourne Opera in 2008. Since then, he has performed extensively throughout Australia and internationally across Europe, Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Michael made his principal debut with Opera Australia as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Sydney Opera House in 2019. Subsequent engagements have included Carmen, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, multiple national tours of La Bohème, and The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2026. He has also appeared with Victorian Opera, Melbourne Opera, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Pasdeloup, and numerous other companies and festivals. Throughout his career he has collaborated with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Richard Bonynge, Plácido Domingo, Richard Mills, Anthony Negus, Brett Weymark, Tahu Matheson, Brian Castles-Onion, Marko Letonja and Fabian Russell.

His operatic repertoire encompasses almost ninety roles, ranging from baroque to contemporary works, including major operas by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. In 2019 he received a Green Room Award nomination for his portrayal of Kurwenal in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. As a concert soloist, Michael has performed many of the major works in the choral repertoire, including Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St Paul, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Alongside his performing career, Michael has established himself as a composer, with works performed by choirs, chamber ensembles and soloists throughout Australia, the United States, Italy, and Japan. As a conductor and musical director, Michael has directed opera productions, orchestras, choirs and youth ensembles across Australia. His work has encompassed opera, orchestral and choral performance, educational programs and artistic leadership, reflecting a broad commitment to music-making at every level.

Michael has taught singing for almost two decades through private practice, schools and tertiary institutions, currently running a thriving private studio on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. His teaching combines healthy technical foundations with informed musicianship and practical insights drawn from an active international performing career, preparing students for examinations, auditions, competitions and professional performance.

His career has been recognised through success in numerous national and international competitions, including the Australian Singing Competition, the Herald Sun Aria, the Welsh Male Choir Singer of the Year and Liederfest. He was also a quarter-finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition and a founding member of Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artist Program.

Upcoming highlights include recitals and concerts across Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, alongside operatic performances in Sydney with companies including Opera Australia, TOSC Arts, The Wagner Society of NSW, and the launch of Michael’s own production company in 2027.

Michael is represented by Jeff Weaver of Weaver Artist Management.