Anna Dowsley | Mezzo Soprano
Michael Curtain | Piano
                    
Anna and Michael perform some of their favourite cheeky, witty and bawdy cabaret songs:
1. Tell me the truth about love (from Cabaret Songs) | Benjamin Britten
2. Barbara Allen | Roger Quilter
3. Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun’ (from Let Us Garlands Bring) | Gerald Finzi
4. Will There Really Be a Morning? | Ricky Ian Gordon
5. Amor | William Bolcom

Anna Dowsley is one of Australia’s most exciting mezzo sopranos and she often performs leading roles with Opera Australia, Pinchgut Opera and sings with major Australian orchestras on the concert stage. In 2019 Anna was awarded the prestigious Youth Music Foundation Australia Award, the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme Scholarship. Currently, Anna is pursuing her career in Europe and resides in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pianist Michael Curtain is currently a repetiteur at Opera Australia and is the musical director for their touring schools program. Michael is also a repetiteur for the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Sydney Children's Choir as well as the Sydney University Graduate Choirs. His work with ensembles includes the Sydney Symphony Fellowship, Sinfonia and Sinfonietta, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and currently the Strelitzia Ensemble.

Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM