Tod Strike
Tod gained his Bachelor of Arts in Music from the Queensland University of Technology,
completed a year in the preparatory course at the prestigious Queensland Conservatorium
of Music and studied singing with Raymond Connell. SCAT, the jazz vocal ensemble for the
Queensland Arts Council, saw Tod touring the major cities of Australia. Musical theatre
appearances include Calamity Jane, Chess, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, Sweet
Charity and Cabaret. For Opera Queensland Tod has appeared in Turandot
and Otello and was fortunate to appear in the Queensland premieres of Into the
Woods and Kiss Me Kate. Tod was a member of the Ten Tenors and sang on their
CD, Tenorissimo. He also performed the role of Goro in the Operatif production of
Madame Butterfly for the 4MBS Classic Music Festival. For Simone Gallaher's
production company, Essgee, Tod performed in The Merry Widow and A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum. More recently he appeared in Gaslight Gaieties
at the Tivoli and Joseph in Harvest Rain Theatre Company's production of Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.