Sebastian Maclaine completed his Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium
Griffith University in 2011, where he featured in a number of productions including the title role in Britten’s Albert Herring, Valetto in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, and Autumn in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.

Sebastian has had a wide variety of musical experiences, including singing with the
popular Australian touring and recording group, The Ten Tenors. With the group, Sebastian has performed extensively in 16 countries, most recently in 2023, and recorded several studio albums.

In 2017, Sebastian was the recipient of an Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
to study at the Royal Northern College of Music, graduating with a Master of Music degree. In 2018, he featured at the Glyndebourne Festival, appearing in the chorus for Giulio Cesare, Pelléas et Mélisande and Vanessa, and understudied the role of the High Priest in Barrie Kosky’s production of Handel’s Saul. He subsequently moved to Hildesheim, Germany, performing with Theater für Niedersachsen as soloist and chorus member.

Sebastian returned to Brisbane in 2021, performing with Opera Queensland (OQ) in
their schools touring productions of The Frog Prince and Puccini’s La Boheme. In 2022, he joined the OQ Young Artist Program and performed the role of Gastone in La Traviata. He also appeared in the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program as Bastian in Der Häusliche Krieg by Schubert and as Adolph in Die Opernprobe by Lortzing. In 2024 he performed as tenor soloist in four Bach cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances at the Royal Chapel of Versailles and as Aeneas in OQ and Circa’s production of Dido and Aeneas.

Bio taken from the last program in which Sebastian appears