Anna-lee robertson
home sweet home
the great Australian songbook
Home Sweet Home – The Great Australian Songbook is a heartfelt celebration of the singers and the music that have helped shape Australia’s cultural identity. There’s certainly plenty to celebrate!
Popular music theatre performer Anna-Lee Robertson (The Phantom of the Opera, Man of La Mancha, Mary Poppins) has woven together a heartwarming selection of material ranging from iconic Aussie pop songs, classic bush ballads right through to a smattering of the classical repertoire popularised by our homegrown divas - Dame Joan Sutherland & Dame Nellie Melba.
Whether it’s Olivia Newton John’s tender I Honestly Love, John Williamson’s heart-warming Home Among the Gumtrees, The Seekers’ nostalgic The Carnival is Over, Helen Reddy’s stirring I am Woman or Dame Joan Sutherland’s exquisite O Mio Babbino Caro - there’s something for everyone in the Great Australian Songbook!
And you certainly won’t want to miss Anna-Lee’s hilarious re-imagining of Slim Dusty’s Pub With No Beer as sung by Dame Nellie Melba!!
Arranged and Accompanied by Mark Jones
Songs include: The Carnival is Over, Tenterfield Saddler, Six Ribbons, Home Among the Gum Trees, I Am Woman, I Honestly Love You, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Old Man Emu & I Still Call Australia Home.
what people are saying
“…a very fine singer who can also tell a great yarn, an ingenuous and engaging entertainer.” Herald Sun
“An Artist who has it all……..a class act. Her attack spot-on the note, complemented by an ability to give colour to a phrase without relying on the cliched final-note vibrato of her peers….” The Age
“It was the perfect showcase for Robertson’s powerful musical talents….It also revealed the sparkling humour and wit of a young woman born for the stage.” The Standard
Anna-Lee Robertson is passionate about music that reflects the complexity of human experience. A born communicator with remarkable musical facility and a gift for storytelling, Anna unites her theatrical operatic soprano with an authentic, affectionate and playful narrative that brings music to life for her audience.
Anna’s Australian and international theatrical credits include Happy End (Victorian Opera), Mary Poppins (Disney/Cameron Macintosh), The Phantom of the Opera (Cameron Macintosh/Really Useful Group), The Silver Donkey (MTC), The Light in the Piazza (John O’May), Side Show Alley (The Production Company), Virgins etc (York Theatre, New York), Man of La Mancha(GFO/SEL), The Wizard of Oz (GFO/SEL/MACKS) and Annie (GFO/SEL/MACKS).
Her film, television and recording credits are Carols by Candlelight, GMTV London, Good Morning Australia, The Wog Boy, Dracula the Musical, The Hobbit Soundtrack, Mary Poppins and as the voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur for The Wiggles. She has toured Scotland with Fingask Follies, sung with Independent Classics and was the first Australian selected to participate in the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. After 3 years of living in the UK, she sang her way back to Australia on board the Queen Mary 2, on its maiden voyage into Sydney Harbour.
A passionate believer in the transformational power of music, Anna was drawn to undertake further studies, completing a Master of Music Therapy in 2012. Motivated by a genuine fascination with the transcendental elements of music making, her Masters’ thesis explored the complex nature of articulating key moments of connection during music therapy practise with non-verbal clients.
Anna’s long association with the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival has included recent performances with Josh Piterman in All the World’s a Stage and as part of the Delectably Divine Divas. Other performances include cabarets and concerts; Sing for your Supper, Thank God I’m a Country Girl, Noel Coward and his Contemporaries, Trial by Jury and the Australian premiere of Paternity, written by co-founder Michael Easton.
In 2022, after a professional hiatus to focus on her young family, Anna launched her one woman show After Birth at the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival to critical acclaim. It continues to tour Regional Victoria and was a part of The Melbourne Recital Centre programme in 2024.
Most recently, Anna joined forces with longtime friend Gorgi Coghlan to create Songbirds. Together with Musical Director Kym Dillon, Songbirds in concert launched to a sold-out crowd at The Potato Shed in November 2024. 2025 performances include Birds Basement Melbourne, Ararat Arts Centre and Geelong Arts Centre. This year will see them on the festival circuit with performances at Noosa Alive! And The Festival of Voices in Hobart.
Anna sits on the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival Board. She is passionate about promoting music as a powerful therapeutic and motivational tool and her community engagement has included performances for Voices for Hospice, St. Mary’s House of Hope, Emmanuel College in Warrnambool, Senior Citizen’s Week, Barwon Health and G21.
Anna holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music Therapy from the University of Melbourne. Born and raised in Port Fairy, she lives in Geelong with her family and is a specialist music tutor and vocal director at Geelong Grammar School.
