Livia Brash's passion for classical music was ignited at age 3 upon hearing a Mozart violin concerto on the radio. By high school, she was playing violin semi-professionally but soon shifted her focus to singing, aspiring towards an operatic career.

Livia is an Emerging Artist with Melbourne Opera as part of the 2024-25 Richard Divall Program. In 2025 she will be covering the role of Eva (Die Meistersinger) with the company, and making her debut in the title role of Rusalka for Opera in the Park. 

In 2024, she covered Musetta (La Boheme) for Melbourne Opera, and was praised for her "full, rich rounded soprano" (Classic Melbourne) singing the role of La Zelatrice in Suor Angelica, a production that won the 2024 Opera Chaser Award for Outstanding Opera in Concert. That year, Livia was also featured as a "Young Star of Australian Opera" at the Sydney Carols in the Domain. She was previously based in Germany for five years, where she was a member with Düsseldorf Lyric Opera, appeared as Sieglinde in Dramatic Voices Berlin's film of Die Walküre and was sponsored by the Wagner Society NSW.

Livia attended the prestigious Georg Solti Accademia in Italy, where she was under the tutelage of mentors such as Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE. During her time in Europe, she performed the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda as part of the London Bel Canto Festival with the London City Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared in recital in London. She was set to make her debut in title role of Verdi's Aida at the WIN Entertainment Centre Stadium in Australia (cancelled)

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In the year before she relocated to Germany, Livia made five role debuts, appearing in the title roles Alcina and Tosca, Mimi (La Bohème), and toured Australia as Rosina/Bertha swing (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). The same year, she also made solo appearances with the Canberra Symphony, Lake Macquarie Philharmonic, Willoughby Symphony and Central Coast Philharmonic orchestras. 

She has performed as a soloist with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and orchestra at City Recital Hall Sydney, the Canberra Choral Society and Canberra Wind Symphony for their Last Night at the Proms event at Albert Hall, and the Christmas Eve service at Sydney Town Hall.​ During her time as a Young Artist with Pacific Opera, she performed at the Sydney Opera House and the Chatswood Concourse.

In addition to her significant stage experience, Livia has also won several awards from Australia's most prestigious singing Competitions. She won the Opera Foundation for young Australians Dalwood-Wylie AIMS Award, and the AIMS Sundell Award, which allowed her to receive tuition at the Vienna State Opera. She was also a finalist in the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Competition two years in a row, coming third and second place respectively, as well as being named a finalist in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition. 

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Livia holds a Masters of Music Studies (Opera) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she was the recipient of the Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship and the Joan Bonamy Scholarship. She completed a Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) from the Australian National University.

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