Merlyn Quaife
Merlyn Quaife is a distinguished soprano and performer of great versatility, acclaimed in opera, oratorio, lieder, chamber music and contemporary repertoire throughout Australia, Europe and the USA.
She began voice studies at the University of Melbourne and in 1979 was awarded a DAAD Scholarship for postgraduate study in Munich.
Back in Australia she has been a regular ABC performer and broadcaster, and has appeared with each of the State Opera Companies. She returns regularly to Europe for contemporary music, one of her fortes: those performances are stamped by intensity of expression and a powerful vocal technique. She has performed and recorded in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Spain and France.
Besides the recordings in this catalogue she has also recorded Aria for John Edward by David Lumsdaine, which won her a Sounds Australian Award.
She has taught voice as a Lecturer in Voice at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne.
‘Miss Quaife is a thoroughly versatile singer, capable of going straight from Baroque to computer music.’ (The Australian)
‘... a talented singer with a rare ability to capture the mood and nuances of a song and portray its character vividly.’ (The Advertiser)
Artist's website: www.merlynquaife.com
Merlyn Quaife is featured on the following titles
Night and Dreams
Soprano Merlyn Quaife and guitarist Jochen Schubert present songs by Mozart and Schubert, among them the Serenade and Nacht und Träume, with Spanish and Argentinian folksong settings by Moretti, Gerhard and Guastavino.
Fortune My Foe
Roger Heagney’s song cycle Fortune My Foe sets poems by Graeme Ellis. Soprano Merlyn Quaife and pianist Andrea Katz also perform Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, on this fund-raising recital.
Merlyn Quaife also appears on
Move 50
Twenty-four Australian composers mark Move Records’ fiftieth year with short new works gathered on this commemorative disc.
Bright Tracks
Winner of the 1998 ABC Classic FM Listeners’ Choice Award, this double CD gathers chamber music by Brenton Broadstock, one of Australia’s most established and respected composers.
Becoming
Becoming is Johanna Selleck’s hour-long song cycle for soprano, countertenor, bass, shakuhachi and string quartet, setting haiku and renga across French, English and Tibetan.