Felicity Tomkins is an award-winning New Zealand soprano, internationally based between Australasia and the United Kingdom. She was the winner of the 100th Melbourne Opera Herald Sun Aria in 2024, the 2024 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, and 2023 Lockwood NZ Aria.
Felicity completed her young artist training in America in the Artist Diploma opera programme at the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM ‘2023). She was a 2021 NZ Opera Studio Artist, a 2023 AIMSGraz Opera Studio Artist and was the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Runner-Up at the 2022 Lexus Song Quest.
Other recent accolades include the 2025 International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition Semi-Finalist, 2023 Elizabeth Connell Prize Finalist, 2023 JSRB Bel Canto Award Third Prize, 2023 International Opera Awards Scholar and 2022/23 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Kentucky District Winner/Central Region Finalist. Felicity’s recent performance highlights include appearances with the Auckland Philharmonia Opera in Concert as Annina in La traviata; Handel’s Messiah with Auckland Choral, Bacalov’s Misa Tango with Bach Musica; Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly with Auckland Opera Studio and Manukau Symphony Orchestra, Military Wife/Soprano 1 in The Knock with Cincinnati Opera, and Mahler Symphony No. 4, Jeannette in L’amant Anonyme and Madame Lidoinein in Dialogues des Carmélites with CCM Opera.