Suzanne Johnston (born 1958) is an Australian

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who first performed professionally in 1981. Born in the Melbourne suburb of

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, Johnston attended

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. She then had singing lessons at the

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

with

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. Along with

Judi Connelli Judi Connelli AM (born 20 July 1947) is an Australian singer and actress in theatre, opera and television. Connelli is best known for her career in opera and stage musicals. As a singer she has starred in performable with the Sydney Symphony ...

she won the 1999

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for Best Original Cast or Show Album for their album ''Perfect Strangers''. Johnston and Connelli have performed the

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shows ''Perfect Strangers'' and ''Take Two!'' around Australia. The pair, first with Jennifer McGregor and later Rosemary Boyle, were part of the 3 Divas who have toured nationally and released a self-titled album in 2000.

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual ceremony presented by

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...

(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album The ARIA Music Award for Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album is an award presented within the Fine Arts Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres ...

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Opera Australia Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Opera Australia Orchestra runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of ...

Christine Douglas Christine Douglas is an Australian opera singer and director. Douglas, a soprano, trained at the Victorian College of the Arts. She performed in multiple Australian Opera productions including Cosi fan tutte, Fidelio, La Bohème, A Midsummer Ni ...

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Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the

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), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Suzanne Johnston won one award in that time. (wins only) , - , 1992 , Suzanne Johnston , Operatic Performance of the Year , , -

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* 1958 births Living people Operatic mezzo-sopranos 20th-century Australian women opera singers Singers from Melbourne People from Murrumbeena, Victoria Victorian College of the Arts alumni {{Australia-singer-stub