Jeffrey Black


Jeffrey Black is an Australian opera singer. He studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and appeared in many of the operas staged by the conservatorium students and post-graduate students, including appearing in the role of Figaro, as a first year opera student, in the conservatorium's 1981 production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Basil Jones Theatre.

Career

Born in in Brisbane, Black was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. He won the Marianne Mathy Scholarship in the Australian Singing Competition in 1983 and the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship in 1985.
He made his operatic debut as a principal singer with the Australian Opera in 1984. He made his debut in the United Kingdom at Glyndebourne in 1986.

Performances

Black has sung with the following opera companies:
Black's opera and operetta roles have included, among others, the following:
Black's son has diabetes, and he has been active in fundraising in support of this cause.