ZIGGY HARRIS
Australian baritone, Ziggy Harris, holds a Master’s of Music (Voice & Opera) from the Schulich School Of Music, where he studied under baritone Brett Polegato and coach/pianist Louise Pelletier, with fellowship scholarships.
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His fully staged roles include Il Conte (LOSW), Don Giovanni (LOSW), Papageno (LOSW), and Dandini (Opera McGill). ​He has featured as a soloist at Montreál's Maison Symphonique, the 2024 Montréal Bach Festival, and the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival in the new musical, PYRATES!, by Jassy Husk.
His performed concert repertoire as a soloist includes Johannespassion (Bach), BWV82 "Ich Habe Genug" (Bach), Messiah (Handel), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Requiem (Duruflé), Requiem (Faure), Liederkreis Op. 24 & Op. 39 (Schumann), Rückert-lieder & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), Schwanengesang (Schubert), and Histoires Naturelles (Ravel).
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Ziggy has sung as a finalist in the Wirth Vocal Prize, and as a semi-finalist in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, and has been a recipient of awards from the Bill Diamond & Megan Evans OAM Memorial Awards and the Sydney Eisteddfod Jubilee Fund. He has performed sold-out recitals for the community of his hometown, Armidale, alongside pianist Dr. Robert Manley, which showcased a mix of operatic arias and lieder cycles.
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Ziggy has featured in the creation of several contemporary works.
In March of 2025, he workshopped and performed a song cycle of graphic scores by composer, pianist, and friend Toby Stanford (Resident - Scottish National Opera) titled When I was A Boy, I Lived Like Water, which was set to texts by poet Cyrus Larcombe Moore.
In April of 2024, Ziggy performed the world premiere of Canadian composer Sylvie Rickard’s song cycle Answering The Call, which was set for baritone, guitar and clarinet, and reworked by guitarist Dr. Razvan Bezna.
A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, Ziggy earned his Bachelor of Music (Voice) with Distinction, studying with baritone Dr. Simon Lobelson, having been awarded the Pete Davidson and Patricia Long Scholarships.
Ziggy was born and raised in Armidale, New South Wales, amidst the frosts of the Northern Tablelands, by his two mothers, Jen and Kath. From an early age, they would play Ziggy Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Rodriguez, Van Morrison, and The Moody Blues, amongst other greats like Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. With backgrounds in behavioural therapy and disabilities nursing, and despite little background in the performing arts, Ziggy's mothers understood that it was important he undertake some creative endeavour, and so he commenced violin lessons at the age of 4. At 10-years-old and still a boy soprano, Ziggy made his solo debut as Cobweb in Opera New England's production of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the following year appeared as The Little Sheppherd Boy in their production of Puccini's Tosca. In 2018, he began his stint at Sydney Conservatorium majoring in Violin, before changing to Voice.