Congratulations to the thirty one aspiring singers who qualified for the quarter finals of the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship held in May. They will perform for adjudicators this weekend, on June 10 in the hope of getting a step closer to securing their part of the of $58,500 scholarship on offer to take the next…
Following heats in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and London, the IFAC Australian Singing Competition under National Adjudicator Catrin Johnsson, have selected eleven impressive young singers to progress to the semi-finals of the 2017 event. Congratulations to tenors Damian Arnold (NSW) and Felipe Manu (NZ), sopranos Livia Brash (NSW), Lauren Lodge-Campbell (UK), Natasha Wilson (NZ),…
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…