• Rod Gilfry: A voice of experience

  • Jul 17 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Podcast

Rod Gilfry: A voice of experience

  • Summary

  • A two-time Grammy nominee, Rod Gilfry is a singer and actor who performs across opera, musicals, recitals and cabaret, all over the world. His opera repertoire in particular is vast, spanning 75 roles. He’s come to Opera Australia and the Sydney Opera House to perform one of the many roles in new operas that he has created – Claudius in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, directed by Neil Armfield. Rod has already performed this role at the Met in New York and at Glyndebourne in the UK.

    Rod takes us through his long career which began in school choirs and musicals in California, and speaks passionately about some of the roles he has played. In particular, he takes us through the joys and challenges of creating some of these new roles, including his acclaimed performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Rod Gilfry play Claudius in Brett Dean's Hamlet from 20 July to 9 August in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.

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