Taryn Fiebig


Taryn Fiebig is an Australian opera and musical theatre soprano.
Born in Perth, Fiebig initially graduated as a cellist from the School of Music, University of Western Australia, before commencing vocal training, occasionally marrying the two on stage, with her cello accompanying her own singing.

Career

She joined Opera Australia in 2005 as a principal soprano. Her roles for that company include Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Galatea in Acis and Galatea, Musetta in La bohème, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Papagena and Pamina in The Magic Flute, Rose in Lakmé, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, Karolka in Jenůfa, Gianetta in The Gondoliers, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Aphrodite in The Love of the Nightingale, Lisa in La sonnambula. In 2006/07, she was Mabel in Opera Australia's production of The Pirates of Penzance, alongside Anthony Warlow, David Hobson.
In 2008 and 2009, she performed as Eliza Doolittle in a national tour of My Fair Lady opposite UK actor Richard E. Grant. Fiebig sang the role of Sicle in Pinchgut Opera's 2009 production of Francesco Cavalli's 1644 opera Ormindo. In 2010, Fiebig was nominated for the Helpmann Awards' Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera for Bliss and La sonnambula; she won the award for her creation of the role of Lucy in Bliss. In 2011, she sang Yum-Yum in Opera Australia's production of The Mikado which was televised on ABC Television. In 2012, Fiebig added the role of Pamina in Julie Taymor's English-language production of The Magic Flute for Opera Australia to her repertoire. In 2013, she sang Oscar in Opera Australia's production of Un ballo in maschera directed by La Fura dels Baus.
More roles for Opera Australia include Nannetta in Falstaff, Despina in Così fan tutte, Gutrune in Götterdämmerung  and Mother in Metamorphosis.

Personal life

Fiebig was married to Australian composer Iain Grandage; she married New Zealand-born baritone Jud Arthur in 2015. Actress Melissa George is her cousin.