The singing accountant

Front page Weekend Australian feature on “Kiwi heart-throb” Teddy Tahu Rhodes hails the former accountant from Christchurch as “Australian opera’s new lead.” “While his body, all 192cm of it, caused titters in the audience … it was his voice that caused a stir among the cognoscenti. Subtly coloured, unstrained and powerful, it is a rare lyric baritone that, in that package, makes Rhodes a casting dream.” Rhodes is playing Dandini in Rossini’s Cinderella for Opera Australia before returning to the U.S, where he has already made a strong impression with critics and audiences alike.