Born and raised amidst the frosts of NSW’s Northern Tablelands, lyric baritone Ziggy Harris is delighted to join Springboard Opera as Athanaël in their bite-sized production of Thaïs. In competitions, he has appeared as an award winning finalist of the 2026 MTO German-Australian Opera Grant, a finalist of the Prix D'Art Vocal Wirth, a semi-finalist of the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, and is a recipient of awards from the Bill Diamond & Megan Evans OAM Memorial Awards and the Sydney Eisteddfod Jubilee Fund.

As a soloist, he has appeared at Montreál's Maison Symphonique under the baton of Dr. JeanSebastien Vallée with the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the 2024 Montréal Bach Festival with Les Muses Chorales, and the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival in the new musical, PYRATES!, by Jassy Husk.

His many performed operatic roles include Il Conte (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), and most recently he appeared as Abbate Cospicuo in Arlecchino by Busoni with Endangered Productions, conducted by Peter Alexander.

His concert repertoire as a soloist includes Johannespassion (Bach), BWV82 "Ich Habe Genug" (Bach), Messiah (Handel), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Requiem (Duruflé), and Requiem (Faure). As a keen recitalist, Ziggy's performed song repertoire includes Liederkreis Op. 24 & Op. 39 (Schumann), Rückert-Lieder & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), Schwanengesang (Schubert), and Histoires Naturelles (Ravel).

Ziggy holds a Master’s of Music (Voice & Opera) from the Schulich School Of Music, where he studied under the tutelage of baritone Brett Polegato and coach/pianist Louise Pelletier, and was awarded funding from McGill University's Fellows Scholarship Program.

A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, Ziggy earned his Bachelor of Music (Voice) with Distinction, studying with baritone Dr. Simon Lobelson, countertenor Andrew Dalton, and coach/pianist Alan Hicks, having been awarded the Pete Davidson and Patricia Long Scholarships