Max Raabe has gained international recognition through his interpretations of music from the 1920s and ’30s. Together with his Palast Orchester he has entertained audiences around the world in concert halls and on live television. Their first tour of Australia and New Zealand will begin at the Sydney Opera House in October 2015. In pianist Christoph Israel, Max Raabe has a congenial accompanist with whom he enthrals audiences in a more personal, intimate atmosphere.

The repertoire for this programme is drawn from the end of the Weimar Era. This buzzing period came to a brutal end when the Nazis came to power and destroyed Jewish culture. The Jewish composers and lyricists who were meant to be consigned to oblivion come to life again in these performances by Max Raabe and his pianist Christoph Israel. Most of the songs are in German, many in English, some in Spanish, but the music is boundless. In their three to four minute duration, these mini operas reflect the comedy and tragedy of human abysses.

‘He revealed his operatic training with a superbly controlled voice that ranged from warm baritone croon to soaring, silken alto’ The Times