Sara Macliver

Sara Macliver
Born	1969 [1] Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Opera
Occupation	Soprano singer

Sara Macliver is an Australian soprano singer, born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.^{[ citation needed ]} Macliver has appeared in operas, concert and recital performances and on recordings. She specialises in Baroque music, and lectures in Voice at the UWA Conservatorium of Music. ^[2]

Career

She trained in Perth, where she was a pupil of Molly McGurk and was a Young Artist with the West Australian Opera Company.^{[ citation needed ]} Her roles for the company have included Micaela ( Carmen ), Papagena ( The Magic Flute ), Giannetta ( L'elisir d'amore ), Morgana ( Alcina ), Ida ( Die Fledermaus ), Nannetta ( Falstaff ) and Vespetta ( Pimpinone ). In 2007, she created the roles of Echo/Aphrodite in Richard Mills' opera The Love of the Nightingale . She sang Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with the company in 2009.^{[ citation needed ]}

Performances

Macliver regularly performs with Symphony Australia Orchestras, Musica Viva, Melbourne Chorale, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australia Bach Ensemble and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. She has a particular association with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, with whom she recorded her first CD, If Love’s a Sweet Passion.^{[ citation needed ]}

She has performed in Japan, Italy, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She has performed with Pinchgut Opera in The Fairy-Queen , toured with Musica Viva, Australia Bach Ensemble and worked with Richard Egarr on Joseph Haydn's The Creation in Perth. Other projects include a program based on the life of Jane Austen, with pianist Bernadette Balkus and Musica Viva. She also appeared in Pinchgut Opera's production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo .^{[ citation needed ]}

Recordings

Macliver has made a number of recordings for ABC Classics including Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and The Birth of Venus, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana , the title track for a trilogy of Christmas albums and a CD of Haydn arias with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ola Rudner.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2002, she completed a recording of Handel's Messiah for a joint ABC Classics and ABC Television production.^{[ citation needed ]} ABC Classics have released a disc of Bach arias and duets with Sara Macliver and mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell and the Orchestra of the Antipodes conducted by Antony Walker. This was followed by a disc of the Pergolesi Stabat Mater (ABC Classics) and other baroque duets.^{[ citation needed ]} She also appeared in Pinchgut Opera's production of Charpentier's David et Jonathas H.490 in 2009.^{[ citation needed ]}

Education

She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Western Australia, in whose School of Music she completed her undergraduate studies.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personal life

Although resident for some years in Sydney, she has now returned to Perth.^{[ citation needed ]}

Selected recordings

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [3]
Bach Arias and Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)	Released: 2003 [4] Format: CD Label: ABC Classics	88
Baroque Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)	Released: July 2005 [5] Format: CD Label: ABC Classics	—

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• Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David + Jonathan H.490, Anders J. Dahlin (David), Sara Macliver (Jonathan), Dean Robinson (Saul), Paul Mcmahon (La Pythonisse), Richard Anderson (Achis), David Parkin (Ghost of Samuel), Simon Lobelson (Joabel) ; Pinchgut Opera, Orchestra of the Antipodes & Cantillation conducted by Antony Walker, (2 CD ABC Classics, cat. 4763691) 2009.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	If Love's a Sweet Passion (with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra & Paul Dyer)	Best Classical Album	Nominated	[7]
2004	Bach Arias and Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)		Nominated
2005	Baroque Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)		Nominated

References

1. "Macliver ready to wear the pants". smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
2. "Directory Search Results". directory.uwa.edu.au. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 241.
4. McCallum, Peter (11 October 2003). "Classical". The Sydney Morning Herald .
5. Shmith, Michael (21 July 2005). "Baroque Duets". The Age .
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 173.
7. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

External links

• Post Newspapers interview