DG Michael Lapina will make his official club visit to us.

Governor of District 9800, operatic tenor Michael Lapiña began his professional career in 1988 performing in musicals, touring extensively in Australia and Asia, and being engaged with many of Australia’s leading opera houses to perform some of the most coveted tenor roles in the operatic repertoire.

His Rotary career began in 2005 joining the Rotary Club of Central Melbourne Sunrise, a breakfast Club that suited Michael’s corporate role as an Executive Coach & Project Director at the National Australia Bank that was situated across the road from where Rotary met.

Transferring his membership to the Rotary Club of Wyndham in 2018, he juggles his professional opera career with being a Music Tutor at the prestigious Haileybury College, as well as his Rotary commitments, which has seen him hold several District Leadership roles, including Assistant Governor, Team Leader of the Group Vocational Exchange, Artistic Director of several District Conferences, and Artistic Consultant for the Next Generation Service Exchange sending aspiring young Opera professionals to Bayreuth, Germany annually.  Recently, he has was invited to sing at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Rotary International Convention in Singapore.

Michael’s passion and success stems from the support of his wife, Niña, and his three adult children, Mikey, Alex and Brianna – all of whom are Rotarians.

Graduate House Bar opens at 12:30pm

Meeting at 12:45pm for 1:00pm start.

Choice of Main meal $36 or Soup and Salad $25. Please RSVP to secretary Maureen by noon on Friday prior.