Judy Glen's musical theatre credits include the role of Sister Bertha in the MICHAEL EDGLEY ENTERTAINMENT national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC in 1983, Lady Battersby in JC WILLIAMSON's national tour, between 1985 and 1986, of ME & MY GIRL, playing Cousin Hebe opposite Paul Eddington in the VICTORIA STATE OPERA's HMS PINAFORE in 1986 and 1987, performances which saw her nominated for a GREENROOM AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, The Housekeeper opposite Daryl Somers in the VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE and QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST's Melbourne and Brisbane seasons of MAN OF LA MANCHA in 1988 and 1989, the roles of Miss Burton and Mrs Hassell in GORDON FROST'S SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS at the FOOTBRIDGE THEATRE in 1989, Enid Mayo in Reg Livermore's BIG SISTER - A LARRIKIN'S OPERA at the PARRAMATTA RIVERSIDE THEATRE in 1990, Sister Amnesia in NUNSENSE in 1991 at the GLEN STREET THEATRE and a return, during 1994 and 1995, to the role of Lady Battersby in the JON NICHOLL, VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE and QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST co-production of ME & MY GIRL.

She was a member of THE AUSTRALIAN OPERA's schools' touring company between 1978 and 1980 and has recently developed a reputation as a performer of new music theatre, appearing in SYDNEY METROPOLITAN OPERA's BEACH DREAMING on its seven week tour during 1992 and as Telethusia, in the MUSIC THEATRE SYDNEY premiere production of Elena Katz-Chernin's opera, IPHIS, at the BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE in Sydney.

It is as a concert artist that Judy Glen has perhaps enjoyed her most popular success. She appeared in concerts with the QUEENSLAND POPS ORCHESTRA at the EXPO FINALE in Brisbane in 1988, and with the CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA on the lawns of GOVERNMENT HOUSE in Canberra in 1989 in a concert program of her own devising entitled A COMEDY OF ARIAS, a program she repeated in 1990 with the QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. She was soloist with the MELBOURNE SYMPHONY in the MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL during 1989, in Viennese and Broadway programs with the QUEENSLAND POPS ORCHESTRA and in Christmas concerts with the CHRISTCHURCH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA during 1990 and in a LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS program for the QUEENSLAND POPS ORCHESTRA in 1992.

Judy Glen has achieved enormous success with her own SPAGHETTI OPERA program (now re-named A COMEDY OF ARIAS) with which she was invited to appear in the 1992 program of the WARANA FESTIVAL in Brisbane on the BRISBANE RIVER STAGE with the QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, on the lawns of GOVERNMENT HOUSE in Canberra with the CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, with the TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and with the ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, all during 1995 and with the PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in 1996. Her own YOU BEAUT THE OZZIE SHOW has seen her appear as guest artist with the PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and, in 1996, with the TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Of these appearances with the orchestras, THE MERCURY newspaper in Hobart has written: "Glen ... a quality soprano voice that effortlessly fills the Odeon ... the success of the show lies in the quality of the performance and the clever juxtaposition of high-brow culture with low-brow humour ..." while the CANBERRA TIMES has said: "A witty satire of rare insight. ... she brings to her performance a voice of operatic range and strength, displaying its tonal qualities in the occasional 'straight' rendition such as expressively sung Summertime ... Spaghetti Opera is a witty, brilliantly performed and hugely amusing show which had the first night audience constantly convulsed with laughter. The DAILY TELEGRAPH in Sydney has written: "A few people can sing like a dream, and some can make you laugh ... Judy Glen can do both”" while OPERA-OPERA has reviewed her performances saying: "... her performance is so consistently sensitive in purely musical terms that it can hardly be less than engrossing even to the most sophisticated opera-lover.

In its version for piano accompaniment, Judy Glen successfully toured SPAGHETTI OPERA during 1995 for the WEST AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY ARTS TRUST, the QUEENSLAND ARTS COUNCIL and the NARPACA group in Queensland, the following year taking the show on tour under the auspices of TASMANIAN ARTS COUNCIL and THE VICTORIAN ARTS COUNCIL and touring A COMEDY OF ARIAS for the NARPACA group. During 1997 she appeared in SPAGHETTI OPERA on tour for the SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY ARTS TRUST.

During 1998 she made concert appearances at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY , toured A COMEDY OF ARIAS for both the QUEENSLAND ARTS COUNCIL and the TASMANIAN ARTS COUNCIL, appeared in concerts of Gershwin scenes at the PORT FAIRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL where she also presented selections from another of her one-woman shows, MEETINGS WITH MELBA & MONCRIEFF and appeared at the CANTERBURY FESTIVAL, the SWANSEA FESTIVAL, and at the ABERDEEN FESTIVAL in the UK.

1999 saw Judy repeat her Iphis success in a season for Chamber Made Opera in Melbourne where she received rave reviews - 'COMEDIENNE, SATIRIST AND SERIOUSLY GOOD SINGER' (The Australian), 'LONG KNOWN AS A MASTERLY COMIC TALENT' (Melbourne Herland Sun).

Then followed a 6 date concert tour of the United Kingdom including her London debut at THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL of which THE STAGE said, 'JUDY GLEN IS A DELIGHTFULLY FUNNY LADY, A DIVA!'

July 99 saw a 19 date tour of outback West Australia and August her debut for Canterbury Opera, New Zealand, in a Gala Performance of which THE CHRISTCHURCH PRESS said 'BOTH AN EXCELLENT SOPRANO AND A COMEDIENNE WITH TIMIMG AND SHARPNESS, THE SKILL OF BILLY CONNOLLY!'

October 99 saw three presentations of her acclaimed 'MEETINGS WITH MELBA AND MONCRIEF' in Sydney, The Gold Coast and South Australia, and November saw her touring 'A COMEDY OF ARIAS' for Country Arts of South Australia.