Tiernan Maclaren
Bass-Baritone
Last Victorian Opera production
The Wizard of Oz/The Guardian of the Gates in Il Mago di Oz, August 2022
Beginning with Victorian Opera’s Youth Chorus Ensemble at 16, Tiernan took part in numerous concerts and participated in Parsifal (2019, Victorian Opera). They studied acting at 16th Street Actors Studio, and voice with Angela Wasley. Their professional debut came in 2019 as Frid in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (Victorian Opera). Following Covid-19, Tiernan was eager to perform again, first as King Pandion/Captain in Love of the Nightingale (2021, Simran Giria). Most recently, Tiernan performed Tartuffe in Moliere’s Tartuffe (2022, Celeste Cody). When not performing, Tiernan is a mechanist and studies a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering/Commerce at Monash University.
Last 3 major performances
- Tartuffe, Tartuffe/The Imposter, Monash Uni Student Theatre, 2022
- Captain/King Pandion, Love of the Nightingale, Simran Giria, 2021
- Frid, A Little Night Music, Victorian Opera, 2019
Education/Training
- I learnt theatre craft on the job through mechanist work with Victorian Opera (William Tell, Pelleás et Mélisande, Lorelei, Parsifal) and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- VOYCE (Victorian Opera Youth Chorus Ensemble) 2016-Present
- St Michael’s Grammar School, where I participated in choirs, musicals and received lessons from Alexander Murer and Ian Cousins (2012-2017)
- I have been taking lessons with Angela Wasley since 2018
Age when you started singing
12, when I did my first school musical.
Favourite opera or musical
Not an opera but performing the role of Tartuffe was incredibly fun.
Favourite opera or musical role to perform
So far it has to be Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye, Birdie! with St Michael’s Grammar School.
A fun fact not many people know about you
I’m currently in my fifth year at Monash University working on my Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce.
Where’s the strangest place you’ve performed?
In 2016, I was fortunate enough to perform the solo in ‘Waltzing Matilda’ with my school choir in the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Pools in Iceland.
