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Giuseppe Leonardo Sorbello
Giuseppe Sorbello was born in North Queensland. The son of Sicilian emigrants, he grew up in Spring Hill, Brisbane through the 1930s and 40s.He moved to Melbourne in 1956 to study singing, music an...view moreGiuseppe Sorbello was born in North Queensland. The son of Sicilian emigrants, he grew up in Spring Hill, Brisbane through the 1930s and 40s.He moved to Melbourne in 1956 to study singing, music and acting and started a professional acting career there. In London, he furthered his singing studies at the Royal College of Music Opera School, and he joined the Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus in 1965.Working as a freelance singer for five years, he eventually discovered his true vocation as a teacher/director. He worked successfully in London for thirteen years.Returning to his home and family in 1977, with his wife, Sheila, he joined the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (now Griffith University) and founded the opera training course there. In 1997, he retired from full-time teaching/directing to go ‘freelance.’He began writing in 2001. The Bond is his first full-length novel.He lives in Brisbane.view less