Anna O'Byrne was born on 20 September 1987 and is an Australian actress and soprano singer best known for her portrayal of Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and the original Australian production of Lloyd Webber's sequel, Love Never Dies, for which she was nominated for a Green Room Award.
21 Facts About Anna O'Byrne
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From 2016, Anna O'Byrne has played Eliza Doolittle in the Julie Andrews-directed production of My Fair Lady for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, touring in 2017 to Brisbane, Melbourne and back to Sydney.
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Anna O'Byrne is currently based in London and performs internationally.
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Anna O'Byrne played violin from the age of 5, and performed in school orchestras and sang with the Australian Girls Choir.
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Anna O'Byrne later studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and was awarded a Bachelor of Music Performance.
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Two weeks after graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Anna O'Byrne was recruited to the Australasian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, covering the role of Christine Daae.
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Anna O'Byrne performed in the role opposite Anthony Warlow as the Phantom and Alexander Lewis as Raoul during 2009 in Perth and Adelaide.
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Anna O'Byrne became a Principal Artist at Victorian Opera, singing Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera co-production with the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, and Pamina in The Magic Flute.
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Anna O'Byrne was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to create the role of Christine Daae in the new Australian production of Love Never Dies, his sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.
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Anna O'Byrne performed with Ben Lewis as the Phantom and Simon Gleeson as Raoul.
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Anna O'Byrne was nominated for Sydney Theatre and Green Room awards for her portrayal of Christine.
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Anna O'Byrne then created the role of Jenny Lind in Cameron Mackintosh's Barnum at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
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Anna O'Byrne then returned to the West End in Robert Allan Ackerman's Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud Theatre.
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Anna O'Byrne was invited to sing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu at Westminster Abbey at the Memorial Service for Sir David Frost on 13 March 2014.
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Anna O'Byrne then debuted with English National Opera in their production of Sweeney Todd, starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson.
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Anna O'Byrne joined the UK tour of Guys and Dolls playing Sarah Brown opposite Louise Dearman and Richard Fleeshman from March to July 2016.
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Anna O'Byrne returned to London for concerts in December 2016 and January 2017.
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Anna O'Byrne continued with My Fair Lady to Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane in March, with Charles Edwards as Henry Higgins, and at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from 16 May to July 2017.
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Anna O'Byrne returned to the London stage from November 2017 to February 2018 as Laura Fairlie in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White at the Charing Cross Theatre.
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In 2022, Anna O'Byrne premiered her first solo show, Becoming Eliza, at Sydney Opera House.
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Early in 2023, Anna O'Byrne sang with John Owen-Jones in The Voices of the West End, a series of concerts at the Bunkamura Concert Hall in Tokyo, Japan.