Meet the Team

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Alyssa Oliveri-Kelly was raised in the sleepy little river-town of Innisfail. With a passion for all things theatrical, Alyssa has been performing, studying and teaching acting and singing in North Queensland ever since. Throughout the last 27 years, Alyssa has performed in various amateur and professional productions in the region. Major credits include Opera in the Rainforest at Paronella Park; Opera n the Outback at Undarra; Nick Enright's Blackrock for Hardsun Theatre; Mrs Thally F for TropicLine theatre and The Season at Sarsparilla for JCU. 

Alyssa's music theatre experiences are far too many to mention, stretching from comedic roles like Alice Beineke in The Addams Family, Miss Hannigan in Annie and Ms Darbus in High School Musical to Madame Giry in Phantom of the Opera, Dolly in the 2014 production of Hello Dolly by NQOMT, and the role of Elphaba in the 2019 Burdekin Singers production of Wicked.  In March 2026, Alyssa will take to the stage in the 50th Anniversary performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show in the role of Magenta. 

Most recently, Alyssa has taken to writing plays, voicing radio advertisements, and directing for community theatre. In 2014 she adapted and directed an abridged version of the Mozart opera, The Marriage of Figaro for The Camerata Singers. Other directing credits include: Little Shop of Horrors for NQOMT (2017); Theatre of Dreams Cabaret for Northern Australia Festival of Arts (2018);The Addams Family for St Patrick's College Combined Schools' Musical (2019); and the highly successful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the Townsville Choral Society (2021) and Aladdin Jr (2022). In 2020 Alyssa also developed and produced her own series of interviews for Townsville Theatre Unplugged.

Ms Rachel is one of those incredible humans who just "knows" how to make a performance look good! With Dance teacher qualifications obtained through Ann Roberts School of Dance, and years of experience performing in Townsville shows, this powerhouse dance teacher is worth her weight in gold. 

Along with her experience directing both Aladdin Jr and Frozen Jr, Rachel has also directed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Cats for NQOMT. Gosh we are lucky to have her at Libretto!

Miss Mariella is a proud member of our Teacher Training program and continues to work alongside Alyssa to bring piano lessons to the many Libretto families.  Mariella is a dedicated pianist and in 2025 extended her skillset to focus on playing for community productions including Billy Elliott, Freaky Friday,  and Carrie for The Townsville Choral Society and NQOMT, and Popstars for Ryan Catholic College. 

Mariella is already shaping up to have a huge year in 2026, as she begins with playing in the orchestra for Mamma Mia.  She is currently in her second year of studying a Bachelor of Music through Central Queensland University. We are super proud of you, Miss Mariella!

Miss Sahara is a foundational student of Alyssa and  is a proud member of our Teacher Training program. Sahara continues to work alongside Alyssa to hone her skills. In 2025 she began her teaching journey, both at Libretto, offering foundational classes for beginning students, and as an Early Childhood Educator.  

In 2024 Sahara played the iconic dance role, Lily Saint-Regis in our production of Annie, and made her mark as a valued assistant for our production of The Wizard of Oz. We are so lucky to have Miss Sahara working as part of the Libretto team. 

Roark is a student of Alyssa and is a valued alumni member of our program. Roark put the tooth to the corn when it came to mic‘ing munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. In the back half of 2025 he plotted the impossible and worked out a way for 15 microphones to cover 26 characters! This year he continues working alongside Alyssa to bring his knowledge of performance and technical assistance to our productions as stage manager. 

In 2025 Roark performed for NQOMT in their production of Cinderella and directed his first short film, Chicks Dig That for the Libretto entry into the 48HR Film Festival.  We are so lucky to have Roark working as part of the Libretto team. 

At Libretto School of the Arts, we have a vision to create an inclusive arts community that is rich with cultural, social, and intellectual diversity. Our qualified staff aim to give students of all abilities an intensive professional education in their chosen musical and drama disciplines. We aim to prepare students with a solid foundation in music and drama, with a view to give them valuable life skills by expanding their education in the arts through a practical understanding of stage craft and technical foundations. We aim to offer the highest quality drama and music instruction and performance opportunities for students of all ages.  

At Libretto, we pride ourselves on developing and fostering informed and inquiring minds, enabling each student to engage in the fundamentals of their art as they become empathetic and effective communicators. Through our heart work, we strive to give back to local community projects, through fund-raising programs that benefit local children.  

As arts specialists, Alyssa and the team are highly qualified to teach actors and musicians of all ages, however, they are most passionate about fostering this same love of music and theatre in young learners. Through Libretto School of the Arts we aim to engage the next generation to become active members of the North Queensland arts scene.  

As a qualified teacher, Alyssa has crafted a program for young children that incorporates a range of singing and rhythmic practices, with influences including The Bel Canto Method (based on teachings from Dame Nelly Melba and Madam Mathilde Marchesi), The Orff Method (based on teachings from Carl Orff) and The Kodály Method (based on teachings of Zoltan Kodály).

Using the teachings of these three practitioners, coupled with Haseman and O'Toole's Drama Wise activities, Libretto Studios provides an in-depth study of rhythms, notation and tuned percussion instruments along with the voice production, articulation and movement to create a holistic learning experience for developing performers. 

For more information regarding each of these music methodologies, please see the links below: 

https://kodaly.org.au/kodaly-concept/

https://www.liveabout.com/the-orff-approach-2456422

https://www.victorianopera.com.au/behind-the-scenes/bel-canto-and-tradition-from-the-past-to-the-future

"Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play. Elemental music is never just music. It's bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one must participate, in which one is involved not as a listener but as a co-performer." - Carl Orff.