Sara Macliver

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Sara Macliver
Born Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres Opera
Occupation Soprano singer

Sara Macliver is an Australian soprano singer, born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. Macliver is a versatile artist, appearing in operas, concert and recital performances and on numerous recordings. She is regarded as one of the leading exponents of Baroque repertoire in Australia, and lectures in Voice at the UWA Conservatorium of Music. [1]

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She trained in Perth, where she was a pupil of Molly McGurk and was a Young Artist with the West Australian Opera Company. 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.

Sara 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, which was a finalist for the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Award for Best Classical Release in 2000.

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 to great critical acclaim.

Sara 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. In 2002, she completed a recording of Handel's Messiah for a joint ABC Classics and ABC Television production. This has been released on CD and DVD, and screened several times on national television. 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 quickly became a best seller and was nominated for an ARIA award. This was followed by a disc of the Pergolesi Stabat Mater (ABC Classics) and other baroque duets, which won the inaugural ABC Classic FM listener’s choice award in 2005. She also appeared in Pinchgut Opera's production of Charpentier's David et Jonathas H.490 in 2009.

She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Western Australia, in whose School of Music she completed her undergraduate studies.

Although resident for some years in Sydney, she has now returned to Perth.

Selected recordings

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Bach Arias and Duets
(with Sally-Anne Russell)		88
Baroque Duets
(with Sally-Anne Russell)
  • Released: July 2005 [4]
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC Classics
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[5]

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. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
1999 If Love's a Sweet Passion (with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra & Paul Dyer) Best Classical Album Nominated [6]
2004 Bach Arias and Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)Nominated
2005 Baroque Duets (with Sally-Anne Russell)Nominated

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References

  1. ↑ "Directory Search Results". directory.uwa.edu.au.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 241.
  3. ↑ McCallum, Peter (11 October 2003). "Classical". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  4. ↑ Shmith, Michael (21 July 2005). "Baroque Duets". The Age .
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 173.
  6. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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