Update: Musica Viva and Victorian Opera advise that the performance of Voyage to the Moon on Tuesday 23 February will be closed to the public in order to prioritise conditions for recording this world premiere Australian production. The other Sydney performances on 22 and 27 February will take place as scheduled. We look forward to…
Countertenor Maximilian Riebl (23) from Victoria, took away the coveted winner’s spot in the annual IFAC Australian Singing competition held last weekend. It is the first time since the competition began in 1982, that a counter-tenor has been awarded first place. Maximilian Riebl has performed regularly in Sydney as soloist with the Australian Brandenburg…
When SoundsLikeSydney spoke to Samuel Sakker in London, the young tenor was en route to just another day at work. For him, this entails an hour’s journey, leaving home at 7.30 in the morning and arriving at the hallowed portals of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in time for 9 o’clock. Last year,…