Ruth Burke
Mezzo-Soprano
Ruth Burke is an Irish-Australian mezzo-soprano. Ruth graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2022 and was a 2024/25 Wesfarmers Young Artist with West Australian Opera. Professional highlights so far have included singing Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with West Australian Opera (WAO), Second Woman/Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas (WAO), Rosina in Barber of Seville with Freeze Frame Opera (FFO), and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (FFO).
Ruth has also performed as the mezzo soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Perth Symphonic Chorus, Mozart’s Requiem with UWA Choral Society, and Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Darwin Symphony. In 2024/25 Ruth travelled to Austria to study at Stimme Leib und Seele where she studied the role of Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, working with conductor Jennifer Condon as well as guest artists.