Bonnie de la Hunty is a soprano from Perth, Western Australia, who specializes in Baroque and Classical repertoire, art song, and traditional folk song. She is the soprano for and co-director of Perth-based Early Music ensemble, HIP Company.

Bonnie completed her Masters in Singing at the Royal Academy of Music, London; and Artist Diploma in Early Music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague, Netherlands. Prior to this, she completed a Bachelor and Graduate Diploma of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA, Edith Cowan University), where she was awarded as the university’s top faculty graduate.

On the concert platform, Bonnie has been a featured soloist for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Baroque, Freeze Frame Opera, West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra, Perth Orchestra Project, Perth Symphonic Chorus, WASO Chorus, and Denmark Baroque. She has recorded for HIP Company’s debut album, Pastorales, in 2021, and for ABC radio with Australian Baroque in 2019.

Passionate about art song, Bonnie participated in the Franz Schubert Institut of German lieder in Baden (2017), Austria, and WAAPA’s International Art Song Festival (2014 and 2015), and has given song recitals across the Netherlands, France, UK and Australia.

Bonnie’s operatic roles have included Daphne in Charpentier’s Actéon, Cesti’s Le Nozze in Sogno and Legrenzi’s Eteocle e Polinice, Isifile in Cavalli’s Giasone, Dido and Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Galatea in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Cesare in Vivaldi’s Catone in Utica, and Sand Man/Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.

Bonnie is an Associate Artist with The Song Company (Australia), and works with other vocal ensembles including Polyphony (London), Giovanni Consort (Perth), and the St George’s Cathedral Consort (Perth).

Bonnie’s Irish heritage regularly shows up in concert programmes, and she has enjoyed being an active member of the Irish music community in Perth since singing in The Chieftains’ Perth concert at the age of 11.

Photos by Nick FitzPatrick.