Madeleine is a 24-year-old soprano, actor, and director, holding a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where she studied with Emma Matthews. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies from Queensland University of Technology. In 2018, Madeleine attended Opera Australia’s Regional Scholarship Program, where she studied under the guidance of Director of Music, Tahu Matheson and former Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini. 

Madeleine has performed in Ruddigore or The Witch’s Curse!  (2018) with Opera Queensland’s regional production and Dido and Aeneas (2018) with Queensland Theatre’s youth project.  During her studies at WAAPA, Madeleine performed in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Pirates of Penzance as Edith, and played Mother (Gertrud) in Hansel and Gretel. Completing her studies, she was awarded third place in the West Australian Opera Lovers Aria Prize, the Friends of the Academy Grant, and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant. Madeleine attended the 2023 Dorset Opera Summer School and worked under the guidance of esteemed Artistic Director Roderick Kennedy, in Le nozze di Figaro, directed by Paul Carr, and Le Roi de Lahore, directed by Ella Marchment.  

In further artistic pursuits, Madeleine wrote, produced, directed, and choreographed an award-winning physical theatre piece entitled Wheatfield with Crows for Perth FRINGE WORLD 2022 festival, producing two sold-out seasons.

Moving to Brisbane in 2024, Madeleine is currently a cantor at the Cathedral of St Stephen, and was an emerging director in La Boite Theatre’s 2024 Assembly Program and performed with Queensland Symphony Orchestra as a member of Brisbane Chamber Choir. She has most recently been appointed as a 2025 Young Artist with Opera Queensland.