JENNIFER MCGREGOR

 

Born in Sydney, she is the sister of actress Julie McGregor. She was first heard on record with Sydney soft rock band Air. In 1974 they released a self-titled LP on the Polydor label produced by Freshwater's David Fookes. McGregor graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium Opera School and spent three years in music theater performing leading roles in The Sound of Music, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cabaret, The Venetian Twins and Candide. 

She began her operatic career as one of Richard Bonynge’s protégés, singing Ophelia to Sherill Milne’s Hamlet. Her Lucia di Lammermoor was the first to be sung in Australia after Dame Joan Sutherland, with whom she worked in Die Fledermaus and Alcina. She left the opera in 1986. From 1988 to 1990 she was a principal with Germany's Heidelberg Opera. Her album 'The Jennifer McGregor Album', recorded with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, was nominated for the 1988 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album.Together with Judi Connelli and Suzanne Johnston she formed the 3 Divas. In 2000 they released a self-titled album. 

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