Soprano

Sara Macliver is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists, and is regarded as one of the leading exponents of Baroque repertoire.

Sara is a regular performer with all the Australian symphony orchestras as well as the Perth, Melbourne and Sydney Festivals, Pinchgut Opera, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Musica Viva, and a number of international companies.

Sara records for ABC Classics with more than 35 CDs and many awards to her credit.

In recent years Sara has sung with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Opera, West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, the Australian String Quartet, St George’s Cathedral, the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and in several programs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; she also sang with Sydney Philharmonia, Ten Days on the Island, the Peninsula Summer Festival, Brisbane Camerata, ANAM, Bangalow Festival, St George’s Cathedral and Collegium Musicum amongst many other projects. Sara recorded a CD of Calvin Bowman songs which was released recently.

Sara has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Western Australia in recognition of her services to singing, and teaches at the Conservatorium there.

Sara will be performing with Genesis Baroque in ANAM at The Convent (10 May 2025) and

Songs of Rest and Renewal (16–18 May 2025).

Photo by Rhydian Lewis