Maia
Andrews

Soprano

Soprano Maia Andrews recently relocated back to Australia after many years performing in Europe. Her latest operatic engagement was the title role of Anne Frank in Grigori Frid’s Mono Opera Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank at Theater Altenburg Gera in 2020, reviewed as “a momentous event to experience this sensitive and powerful singer.. who both enthralled and touched the audience”.

In 2020 and 2021 at the same theatre, Maia made various solo appearances in their operatic galas Freistatt schöner Geister, Die ganze Welt ist Himmmelblau and Kriminal-Tango, singing excerpts ranging from Verdi to Weber, some of which were recorded for the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk to great acclaim.

2019 saw Maia take on the role of Pamina in German opera festival Oper Oder-Spree. Later that year, she was invited back to perform Gretel from Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel again with the Jenaer Philharmonie after having sung the same role in a Konzertant with them in May 2018. Other roles include: Susanna & Barbarina (Le nozzle di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Mademoiselle Silberklang (Der Schauspieldirektor), and Amy (Little Women).

This year Maia was the soloist for Mozart’s Mass in C and Schubert’s Mass in G with the UNSW Collegium Music Choir and Orchestra. Her other concert repertoire includes Bach’s Matthäus- Passion BWV 244, Johannes-Passion BWV 245, Kantate BWV 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Saint-Saen’s Oratorio de Noel, Händel’s Israel in Egypt, Vivaldi’s Magnificat & Gloria, Dvorak’s Mass in D, Allegri’s Miserere and Michael Tippett’s Crown of the Year.

Maia was a member of the Thuringian Opera Studio in Germany, holds a Masters of Opera from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, a Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, as well as a Bachelor of Music/Arts from UNSW.

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