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Anson Austin

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Anson Austin

Tenor Anson Austin is shown in the title role of Mozart's Idomeneo, in an Australian Opera production of 1994. From 1970 Austin sang mainly with Australian Opera (later Opera Australia), though he continued to perform in Britain, America and Canada.

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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – Singers of the 1970s and 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45410/anson-austin (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 June 2014.