Performer Biographies
About Lost and Found Opera Lost and Found was founded in 2012 with a mission to present unusual operas in found spaces that speak to the resonance of the work and our human condition. The company produces work that extends the boundaries of operatic form and language, collaborating with artists from a range of disciplines and integrating site and audience in unusual and bespoke performance environments. With a strong track record in Perth’s creative sector, Lost and Found has produced bold and imaginative work attracting new audiences, generating successful sold-out seasons and garnering critical acclaim from local state and national press. Hailed as ‘the nation’s most innovative opera company’ ( Opera Magazine ) and ‘one of the few genuinely disruptive arts organisations in Australia’ ( The West Australian ), Lost and Found seeks to bridge the traditional and the contemporary in Perth’s arts landscape.
Lachlan Higgins Josef K. An Australian baritone, Lachlan completed his Bachelors of Classical Voice at WAAPA in 2021. He then completed his Masters of Advanced Opera Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Geoffrey Moses. His recent roles include Joseph De Rocher ( Dead Man Walking ), Don Giovanni, Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) , Schaunard ( La Bohème ), and Marco ( Gianni Schicchi ). Lachlan has appeared with Freeze Frame Opera, West Australian Opera, Lost and Found Opera, Opera de Bauge and Grange Park Opera, and had the privilege of performing alongside Sir Bryn Terfel in his concert Pan ddaw’r nos: an Evening of Song . Caitlin Cassidy Frau Grubach / Washerwoman (Wife of Court Usher) / Offstage Voice / Woman Caitlin (Mezzo Soprano) debuted as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto in 2013 as a Young Artist with West Australian Opera and is now a regular concert soloist, chorus member and occasional principal with the company. Caitlin toured with Opera Australia as Aunty B in The Barber of Seville NSW Schools Tour (2020 and 2021). She sang the roles of Suzuki at State Opera of South Australia in Madama Butterfly (2019) and at the New York Lyric Opera as Ruggiero in Alcina (2016). She completed Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes College in New York and a Master of Creative Arts at WAAPA. Rachelle Durkin Fräulein Bürstner / Leni / Offstage Voice Australian/American soprano Rachelle began her career in Australia, winning three of the country’s major vocal competitions: the Herald Sun Aria, Marianne Mathy Scholarship, and The Metropolitan Opera Award. She moved to New York City, where she was a prize-winner in the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was accepted into the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Rachelle went on to establish an international career as a principal artist at The Metropolitan Opera, where she sang leading roles over many seasons. Notable performances include Norina in Don Pasquale , Lisa in La sonnambula and Miss Schlesen in Philip Glass’s Satyagraha. In recent seasons, she has appeared as Musetta in La bohème for Opera Australia, Roselinde in Die Fledermaus with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and The Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw for State Opera South Australia, a role she will reprise with Victorian Opera later this year.
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