A graduate of both the Guildhall Opera School, UK, and the Sydney Conservatorium,
Australia, Celeste Lazarenko has appeared as a soloist both internationally and locally.

She has worked with companies such as Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, Pinchgut,
Opera Australia and Sydney Chamber Opera. And performed with SSO, QSO, CSO,
MSO, TSO, NZ Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia, and the Australian Haydn
Ensemble. As well as overseas companies such as English National Opera, Opera North,
Opera Angers/Nantes,

With Opera Australia (Main Stage) Celeste has performed the role of Donna Anna in Don
Giovanni, The Woodbird in Siegfried for The Ring Cycle, Illia in Idomeneo, Pamina in
The Magic Flute and is currently performing the role of Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro.

In Australia Celeste’s roles have included the title role of  The Cunning Little Vixen for
Victorian Opera, ‘Female Chorus’ in Rape of Lucretia and Elle in La Voix Humaine for
Sydney Chamber Opera, Télaïre in Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, Medea in Cavalli’s
Giasone and Leonore in Grétry’s L’amant jaloux all for Pinchgut Opera.

Celeste has also performed Susanna in Marriage of Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Pamina in Magic Flute all for Opera Australia Touring.

In 2024 she worked with the Haydn Ensemble for Heavenly Sopranos, Elija and Mahler
8 with Sydney Philharmonia, Mahler 4 with Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and Mozart
Requiem with TSO.

In 2025, Celeste has performed the Rossini Stabat Mater with Sydney Philharmonia,
Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with OA (main stage), and she will also perform the role
of Serpina in Pergolesi’s Made Maid Boss (La Serva Padrona) in September 2025 for
Pinchgut Opera.

Bio updated Sep 2025