- Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Caitlin Vincent is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Key areas of interest include opera, cultural labour, digital performance, and equity, diversity and inclusion. Dr Vincent has an extensive record of publication across traditional and non-traditional research outputs and has gained international recognition for her expertise in operatic labour markets. She is the author of Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge 2021) and OPERA WARS: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for its Future (Scribner 2026).
A classically-trained soprano and award-winning opera librettist, Dr. Vincent's works have been performed by Washington National Opera, SUNY Potsdam, the University of Connecticut, the Schubert Club of Minnesota, Vassar College, the Oxford Lieder Festival, and Wigmore Hall, among others.
Experience
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2019–presentLecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne
Education
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2019Deakin University, Doctor of Philosophy
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2009Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Master of Music
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2007Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts
Publications
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2021Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century, Routledge
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2021Who Did You Meet at the Venice Biennale? Education-to-Work Transition Enhancers for Aspiring Arts Professionals in Australia, Work, Employment and Society
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2021Opera-ting on inequality: gender representation in creative roles at The Royal Opera, Cultural Trends
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2019Controversy, uncertainty and the diverse public in cultural diplomacy: Australia-China relations, Australian Journal of International Affairs
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2018Notation by Context: Digital Scenography as Artefact of Authorial Intent, Leonardo Music Journal
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2017The Intersection of Live and Digital: New Technical Classifications for Digital Scenography in Opera, Theatre and Performance Design
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2016Artwork spawning artwork: trans-disciplinary approaches to artistic spin-offs and evolution in the digital context (CHAPTER), Digital Echoes: Spaces for Intangible and Performance-Based Cultural Heritage
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2016Navigating control and illusion: functional interactivity versus 'faux-interactivity' in transmedia dance performance, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media
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