Acclaimed opera singer Jacqueline Darkish has died at age 55 after a battle with most cancers, the ABC reported on Wednesday.
In line with the outlet, Darkish, who hailed from Ballarat, died on October 3.
Her agent Patrick Togher reportedly mentioned in an announcement: “Jacqui’s magnificent voice and magnetic stage presence entrenched her place in Australia’s musical historical past; her indefatigably upbeat persona can be lengthy remembered.”
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Additionally paying tribute was Right now Additional co-host David Campbell, 50, who wrote on Instagram: ”So unhappy to listen to that considered one of our nice operatic voices has been silenced. RIP @jacquidark A tremendous expertise and a naughty sense of humour. My condolences to her household.”
“Her irrepressible humour and life and vitality and musicality made her one of many biggest of Australian mezzos,” Inventive Director of Pinchgut Opera Erin Helyard mentioned, the ABC reported.
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In line with The Australian, tenor Kanen Breen – the daddy of her son – additionally paid tribute to her.
“The love of her life was our boy Xander and, from the second he existed, she did all of it for him,” Breen mentioned in an announcement.
He reportedly added on Fb: ”She took her final heroic breaths surrounded by profound peace and profound love.”
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Darkish had an unimaginable profession and carried out in opera and musical theatre and was as soon as the recipient of a Helpmann Award.
She additionally appeared on the exhibits So You Assume You Can Dance and Spicks and Specks.
She carried out for the likes of Opera Australia, Victorian State Opera and the Vienna State Opera.
Darkish reportedly took a break from performing in 2022 to have therapy.
She reportedly battled a uncommon type of most cancers earlier than her dying.
