Max Riebl's 'Hard to Handel' to be Presented at The Butterfly Club

Max Riebl's 'Hard to Handel' is a virtuosic performance combining high baroque drama with the eerie, nostalgic and dreamy landscapes of early pop.

Arias of betrayal, murderous rage and lust are juxtaposed with ballads of love and despair, reframing baroque drama in modern existential emotion and unshackling virtuosic music's austerity with pop's carefree energy.

Max has appeared as a soloist throughout Australia, Europe and the UK with baroque ensembles such as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, the London Handel Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria as well as a number of symphony orchestras and contemporary ensembles.

He has performed in the Sydney Recital Center, the Melbourne Recital Center and Hamer Hall, the Forum, the Vienna Musikverein and Royal Albert Hall. He studied baroque performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Gerd Turk.

He has received top prizes in the Herald Sun Aria, IFAC Australian Singing Competition, The London Handel Competition, the Chicago International Singer Competition and the Royal Philharmonic arias. He has begun branching out into the festival scene, creating shows for the Melbourne Fringe, Adelaide Fringe and St Kilda Festival.

Dates: 23-28 April 2018
Times: 8.30pm, 1 hour
Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
TO BOOK TICKETS visit thebutterflyclub.com or call (03) 9663 8107

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