MARGARET PLUMMER
MEZZOSOPRANO
Margaret Plummer is an Australian Mezzo Soprano living in Vienna, Austria. For 8 seasons she was engaged as a full time member of the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble where she performed and covered much of the lyric mezzo repertoire including Hänsel, Charlotte, Siebel, Octavian and Waltraute. She began her freelance career in the summer of 2022 by performing Carmen at the Longborough Festival in England. 2023 brings some exciting house debuts for Margaret at Bayreuther Festspiele, and Teatro alla Scala, Milan and a return to Australian stages for concerts.
In 2014 Margaret won the Vienna State Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia which brought about her relocation to Europe. She was then offered a place in the ensemble in mid 2015, where she performed in a wide range of repertoire at the Staatsoper including Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Massenet and Gluck. Margaret was engaged to sing Marguerite (Damnation du Faust) and Charlotte (Werther) at the Tiroler Landestheater, and outside of Austria has also performed in Germany, Japan, Romania and Ireland.
Prior to her move to Europe, Margaret worked for 8 years for Opera Australia performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and toured La Traviata to regional centres in Queensland, The Northern Territory and Western Australia with Opera Australia’s touring arm, Ozopera.
Margaret has performed as a Concert Soloist with many choral and symphonic organisations including the Wiener Philhamoniker, the Tiroler Symphonie Orchester, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Romanian National Orchestra and in recital at the Musikverein and the Boyne Music Festival in Ireland
Margaret Plummer gained a Bachelor of Music in 2005 from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Prior to studying at the Sydney Conservatorium, Margaret attended The Australian National University’s School of Music studying Jazz Vocal Performance in 2000.
In 2014 Margaret won the Vienna State Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia which brought about her relocation to Europe. She was then offered a place in the ensemble in mid 2015, where she performed in a wide range of repertoire at the Staatsoper including Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Massenet and Gluck. Margaret was engaged to sing Marguerite (Damnation du Faust) and Charlotte (Werther) at the Tiroler Landestheater, and outside of Austria has also performed in Germany, Japan, Romania and Ireland.
Prior to her move to Europe, Margaret worked for 8 years for Opera Australia performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and toured La Traviata to regional centres in Queensland, The Northern Territory and Western Australia with Opera Australia’s touring arm, Ozopera.
Margaret has performed as a Concert Soloist with many choral and symphonic organisations including the Wiener Philhamoniker, the Tiroler Symphonie Orchester, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Romanian National Orchestra and in recital at the Musikverein and the Boyne Music Festival in Ireland
Margaret Plummer gained a Bachelor of Music in 2005 from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Prior to studying at the Sydney Conservatorium, Margaret attended The Australian National University’s School of Music studying Jazz Vocal Performance in 2000.
