The Australian soprano reveals her musical loves from Anna Netrebko to Puccini and Disney. And Mozart? Not so much.

1. Three operas you love most?

This is a very difficult question – it is so hard to just choose three!

Manon Lescaut (Puccini)

La Traviata (Verdi)

Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)

2. Three favourite sopranos?

Anna Moffo

Renata Scotto

Lisette Oropesa

3. What do you do to relax?

Have a bubble bath or lie on the couch rugged up with a blanket, watching a movie.

4. Most memorable musical experience as an audience member and why?

Last November I saw Anna Netrebko at the Metropolitan Opera singing the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. I was so blown away by her performance that I had to buy tickets to see her a second time. I felt truly fortunate to witness some world-class singing.

Stacey Alleaume as Micaëla in Opera Australia’s production of Carmen in Melbourne this autumn.​ Photo © Jeff Busby

5. If you weren’t an opera singer, what would you be?

I would have loved to be a dancer, although my mum thinks I could have been an actress. When I was about four years old she caught me in my bedroom practising crying in front of the...