Meeniyan Heartland Opera
For the 7th time, Meeniyan Progress Association proudly presents Meeniyan Heartland Opera.
Please get ready to join us in the iconic Meeniyan Town Hall on the 21st November 2025 for a night of the greatest hits of opera.
We are delighted to have again secured Simon Meadows, an acclaimed international performer, as well as Guy Noble, MC and accompanist.
We are now in the process of finalising the remaining artists.
About the artists:
Award-winning Australian baritone Simon Meadows enjoys a busy opera and concert career throughout Europe, Asia and Australasia.
His many roles for Opera Australia have included Telramund (Lohengrin), The Count (Le nozze di Figaro), Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), The Gaoler (Tosca) and The Lieutenant in Kate Miller-Heidke’s The Rabbits. In 2023, he sang Alberich in Melbourne Opera’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, appeared as soloist for Tasmanian Symphony and Melbourne Bach Choir and took leading roles for Victorian Opera. In 2024, he sings Michele (Il tabarro) and the title role in Gianni Schicchi for Opera Australia and Michele for Victorian Opera.
A celebrated concert artist, Simon has taken the bass solos in Schubert’s Mass in G (Wexford, Ireland), Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (Romsey Abbey, UK and Melbourne Symphony), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mozart’s Requiem (Sydney Philharmonia), Carmina Burana and A Sea Symphony (Royal Melbourne Philharmonic), Judas Maccabaeus (Heidelberg Choral Society), The Creation (St James’s Church, Sydney), Serenade to Music (Victorian Opera), and Kindertotenlieder, Messiah and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia (Monash Symphony). He made his German début singing Frank Martin’s In terra pax at Berlin’s Heilige Kreuz Kirche.
Accompanist and MC Guy Noble needs no introduction. He is a renowned conductor, pianist and concert host of many years. He has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra symphony orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonic, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Malaysian Philharmonic orchestras.
Noble has also conducted and presented concerts with performers including The Beach Boys, Yvonne Kenny, David Hobson, Ben Folds, Dianne Reeves, Randy Newman, Teddy Tahu Rhodes[14] and Clive James.
He is the former host of the ABC Classic FM radio breakfast program.
