Caitlin Hulcup was born in Australia, and won the vocal section of the Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards in 2001. She studied at the National Opera Studio in London before taking up Opera Foundation Australia’s Vienna State Opera Award in 2004. Her opera roles include Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for West Australian Opera, the title-role in Ariodante at London’s Barbican Centre, the Theater an der Wien and the Teatro Real in Madrid, and further roles at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin, Scottish Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels and the Bavarian State Opera. In 2010 she joined the ensemble of the Vienna Staatsoper, where her roles include Rosina, Donna Elvira and Dorabella (Così fan tutte).