Live at The Great: Maayan Licht, Coloratura Queen

A Baroque voice for the pop age.

This August, vocal sensation Maayan Licht makes his Australian debut with Live at Yours in Coloratura Queen — a dazzling collision of Handel, Vivaldi, Porpora, Broschi and Beyoncé.

Imagine Farinelli meets Freddie Mercury — under the soaring arches and starry vaults of Sydney's Great Synagogue, close enough to feel the electricity.

Joined by the brilliant Neal Peres Da Costa and a hand-picked Baroque ensemble, Maayan detonates a programme of pure theatre: jealousy, seduction, heartbreak, prayer-like stillness and hurricane-force brilliance.

From Vivaldi's molten "Vedrò con mio diletto" and ice-cold "Gelido in ogni vena", to Broschi's showstopping "Son qual nave", Handel's dazzling "Da tempeste il legno infranto", Porpora's aching virtuosity, and a delicious collision of Handel and Beyoncé — this is Baroque opera at full voltage.

"Vocal artistry doesn't get any greater."

— Concerti Opera Magazine

Hosted by Vladimir Fanshil, this will be Live at the Great in full flight: intimate, theatrical, immersive and completely alive.

In the mood lit architecture of the Great Synagogue, with Gin Bar upon arrival.

A performer like this is rare; hearing him this close is rarer still.

Blink and you'll miss it.