Annika is an emerging artist who has recently returned to the stage after several successful years as a professional church musician. Her operatic role highlights include Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s ‘Albert Herring’, Le Feu (the Fire) in Ravel’s ‘L’enfant et les Sortilèges’, and Pamina in Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’, with other professional engagements including Belinda in ‘Dido and Aeneas’, First Lady in ‘The Magic Flute’, First Nymph in ‘Apollo e Dafne’, and the role of Princess Slayer in ‘Opera Galactica’. Annika graduated with Distinction from her Master of Music Studies in Vocal Pedagogy at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 2021, in addition to her Graduate Diploma of Opera and Bachelor of Music in Advanced Performance from the same institution. She served as a chorister, cantor, and teacher at Brisbane’s Cathedral of St Stephen throughout her studies which culminated in her fulltime appointment as the Cathedral’s Assistant Director of Music in 2020. Annika left the position in 2022 to pursue her growing performance commitments, and continues to have regular concert and oratorio engagements with favourites including Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, and Faure’s Requiem. In 2024, Annika will sing three roles with Voxalis Opera for their new season: both the Dew Fairy and Sandman in Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’, as well as the role of Pleasure (Piacere) in a staged production of Handel’s rarely-performed work ‘The Triumph of Time and Truth’. Additionally with Springboard Opera she will perform the roles of Galatea (Acis and Galatea) and Musetta (Scenes from La Boheme).