- Has a son Xander.
- Attended the University of Ballarat from 1986 to 1988, receiving a Bachelor of Science (Physics) and a Graduate Diploma of Education in 1989.
- Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts where she received first class honors in the Graduate Diploma of Opera in 1995.
- She won a Helpmann Award for her portrayal of Herodias in Opera Australia's production of Salome, later singing the same role for Opera Hong Kong. In August 2014, she received her second consecutive Helpmann Award - for her work as Fricka in Opera Australia's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
- 'Jacqui' to all who knew her, was absent from the stage for much of 2022 after undergoing surgery for an extremely rare form of cancer followed by a lengthy regime of chemotherapy.
- Dark performed the role of 'Sally Lowe' in the world premiere of Lindy and the title role in Iolanthe for Opera Australia. She also covered the role of 'Pearl' in the world premiere of Richard Mills' Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
- Dark was due to sing Wellgunde in Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Das Rheingold in November 2023 and feature in a starring role for Opera Australia in 2024.
- Her performance experience encompasses opera, music theatre, cabaret, theatre restaurant and the concert platform; it includes the roles of The Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Carmen and Mercedes (Carmen), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), the title role and Tisbe in La Cenerentola (for which she won a Green Room Award), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Rosmira (Partenope), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Second and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Maurya (Riders to the Sea), Mrs Herring (Albert Herring), the title role in Iolanthe, Maddalena (Rigoletto), Emilia (Otello), Lucilla (La scala di seta), Marianna (Il signor Bruschino), Flora (La traviata), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Pitti-Sing/Katisha (The Mikado) and Mary (Der fliegende Holländer).
- During her cancer ordeal, Dark was supported by many friends, people whom she later celebrated in a cabaret show staged in the Camelot Lounge in Sydney's Marrickville in March.
- Jacqueline Dark appeared as a soloist with groups including the Melbourne Chorale, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (concert series), Orchestra Victoria, the Australian National Academy of Music, the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
- Dark attended the University of Ballarat from 1986 to 1988, receiving a Bachelor of Science (Physics) and a Graduate Diploma of Education in 1989.
- Jacqueline Dark trained at the Victorian College of the Arts where she received first class honours in the Graduate Diploma of Opera in 1995.
- A few weeks after completing her treatment, Dark performed in a concert to honour the life of soprano Taryn Fiebig, a close friend who died from ovarian cancer in March 2021, aged 49. Dark sang Climb Ev'ry Mountain from The Sound of Music.
- She joined the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra along with Trisha Crowe, Michael Falzon, Amanda Harrison and others to record" I Dreamed a Dream: Hit Songs from Broadway" for ABC Classics in 2013.
- Dark launched the 2007 season at Her Majesty's Theatre in her home town of Ballarat as Dorabella in Così fan tutte.
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