Moffatt Oxenbould

Moffatt Benjamin Oxenbould AM (born 18 November 1943)[1] is a retired Australian opera director.

The Sydney-born Oxenbould was artistic director of Opera Australia from 1984 until his retirement in 1999.[2] In 1962 he joined the company – known as Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company – after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in theatre production.[2][3] After his retirement he directed with Opera Australia and Houston Grand Opera and was a presenter with the classical music radio station ABC Classic FM.

Oxenbould was made a Member of the Order of Australia in January 1985 for his services to opera.[1] In 2005 he released his memoirs Timing is Everything, describing his 37 years in opera in Australia.[4] The Sydney Morning Herald's reviewer Andrew Riemer found it "a well-written, comprehensive and absorbing account".[3] His long-term domestic partner is operatic tenor Graeme Ewer.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Mr Moffatt Benjamin Oxenbould". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Oxenbould, Moffatt; Ewer, Graeme; Downes, Edward (1890). Papers of Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer.
  3. ^ a b c Riemer, Andrew (24 January 2006). "Timing is Everything". The Sydney Morning Herald (review). Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ Ford, Andrew (23 January 2010). "Moffatt Oxenbould, Opera Australia's History Man". ABC Listen. Retrieved 10 December 2023.