A changing of the guard as the baton for artistic direction at Christ Church Concerts transfers from founder Frank Page to incoming curator Nicholas Dinopoulos.
Under Frank’s leadership, Christ Church Concerts have had a fabulous run over the past five years with the assistance of a team of volunteers and supporters who take care of everything from set-up to welcoming concert-goers, and everything in between required to maintain the series!
Planning for next year’s season is already underway, and details will be available early in 2027.
Incoming curator, Nicholas Dinopoulos, studied at The University of Melbourne with Merlyn Quaife AM and furthered his training as a studio artist of Gertrude Opera.
He is a founding core member of Songmakers Australia under the artistic patronage of Graham Johnson and has been heard frequently in live-to-air broadcasts on ABC Classic, 3MBS FM and Australian Digital Concert Hall.
Opera credits include performing the roles of Caronte / Plutone (L’Orfeo), Ercole (Il Giasone), Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea), Un Scythe / Le Ministre du Sanctuaire (Iphigénie en Tauride), Bartolo / Antonio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Martino (L’Occasione fa il Ladro), L’Apparizione / Il Medico (Macbeth), Mars (Orphée aux Enfers), The Goldsmith (The Juniper Tree) and Cimarosa’s Maestro di Cappella.
For IHOS Opera / MONA FOMA 2012 he created the role of The Poet in the world premiere performances of Constantine Koukias’ The Barbarians (Helpmann Award nomination, Best Opera category). The 2013 season saw critically acclaimed debuts for Victorian Opera and Pinchgut Opera.
Nicholas’ extensive solo concert repertoire spans the Pärt Passio, Bennett Songs Before Sleep, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Stanford Songs of the Sea, Dvořák Stabat Mater and Mass in D, the Puccini Messa di Gloria, Rossini Stabat Mater and Petite Messe, the Gounod St. Cecilia Mass, Verdi Requiem, Fauré Requiem, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Schubert Mass in G & Mass in C, Beethoven Mass in C and Symphony No. 9, Haydn Nelsonmesse, Paukenmesse, Theresienmesse and Harmoniemesse, Mozart Krönungsmesse, Spatzenmesse, Missa Solemnis, Vesperae solennes, Great Mass in C minor and Requiem, as well as numerous cantatas, passions and oratorios by Händel, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach.
He has also given the world premiere performances of several significant new works from among the rising generation of Australian composers.
Notable engagements have included performances of the Grainger Tribute to Foster for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis (and a subsequent recording for Chandos Records), El Cantor (María de Buenos Aires) for Victorian Opera, Keeper of the Madhouse (The Rake’s Progress) for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the Schubert Schwanengesang for Art Song Canberra with Andrea Katz, Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri for the Melbourne Festival, Michael Haydn Requiem with the Australian Haydn Ensemble, a fourth consecutive invitation to the Peninsula Summer Musical Festival, several return appearances for Bach Musica NZ, and recitals with Songmakers Australia at the Port Fairy Spring Muisc Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Melbourne Recital Centre and for Musica Viva Australia.
Nick currently serves on the staff of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and is Artistic Director of the Australian Boys Choir, The Vocal Consort and The Giovanni Consort in Perth. He has also conducted the historically-informed Genesis Baroque, Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, Australian Baroque and the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra in concert, and led service music at St. Thomas’ Church in Leipzig.
