Humble ambition: to stick with the journey

Wherever there's Wagner, Australian mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is in demand - and with the composer's centenary next year she'll be picking up a lot of frequent flyer points.
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Australian mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is in demand on the world stage, not least because she has a voice that can cope equally with Wagner and with belting out the Welsh national anthem for a crowded sports stadium.

“It’s been a good trip home”, Humble smiles – and it isn’t over yet. She’s already performed Wagner in Melbourne’s refurbished Hamer Hall’s very first concert – after k.d.lang, Eddie Perfect and others gave way to eight Valkyries, among them Rosamund Illing and Sally-Anne Russell and Humble.

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Suzanne Yanko
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Suzanne Yanko is the editor of www.classicmelbourne.com.au. She has worked as a reviewer, writer, broadcaster and editor for Fairfax Digital, the Herald-Sun, the South China Morning Post, Radio 4 Hong Kong, HMV VOICE - and, for six years, ArtsHub.   Email: syanko@artshub.com.au