	{"id":106820,"date":"2025-05-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/?p=106820"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:04:22","slug":"magical-mothers-day-with-mirusia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/living\/magical-mothers-day-with-mirusia\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Mother&#8217;s Day with Mirusia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACCLAIMED soprano Mirusia is bringing her Mother&#8217;s Day tribute to the Tweed on May 10.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8216;The Angel of Australia&#8217; by classical superstar violinist Andrew Rieu, her stellar career emerged from a modest story.<\/p>\n<p>A role created for her in a high school musical at 14, a run of talent quests, and an invitation to sing at a local restaurant, all precipitated a chain of life-changing events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The restaurant owner handed me a music book and said, &#8216;darling, learn it all and come back to me on Saturday night&#8217;, and so I did,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, I was 14, and it was 50 bucks a night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started singing Dionne Warwick songs and then got requests for Memory from Cats or something from Phantom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It suited my voice better and I started to explore Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Andrea Bocelli, and Sarah Brightman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The more classical I went, the better it sounded. It just suited my instrument.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Queensland Conservatorium at 21, Mirusia made history as the youngest-ever recipient of the Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award.<\/p>\n<p>Being discovered by Rieu was transformational.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was the wildest thing I could ever imagine,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was talking with a girlfriend the day before &#8211; I&#8217;d done a four-year degree in opera and no idea what to do next.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then I got this call from a guy saying he was Andre Rieu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had heard some things on my website but wanted to listen to me in person and asked if I&#8217;d come to his studio in Maastricht (The Netherlands) the next day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At first, I thought it was a joke. But I literally got on a plane, and that was it. My career took off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111043\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111043\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/05\/picture_20250501_200_46914_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The star soprano on the world stage with Andre Rieu. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to the young singer, her aunt had messaged Rieu on his website guest book about her talented niece in Australia, and the violinist had followed through.<\/p>\n<p>The Brisbane girl related to the star in a classic Aussie egalitarian way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I approached Andre as I would anyone, and I don&#8217;t think anyone spoke to him that way \u2013 they were &#8216;yes sir, no sir,&#8217; and a bit terrified,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d just say, &#8216;Right, what are we doing \u2013 let&#8217;s go for dinner&#8217;, and he&#8217;s, &#8216;Ah\u2026 okay, sure, my wife and I will pick you up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one had really treated him just like a friend or colleague.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The musical meeting of minds resulted in dozens of albums, and Mirusia toured the world for over a decade as Rieu&#8217;s star soprano with the Johann Strauss Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>As a soloist, Mirusia has released 12 albums, with her latest, Classique, debuting at #1 on the Classical and Classical-Crossover charts.<\/p>\n<p>In Polish, Mirusia means &#8216;bringing happiness to others&#8217;, and the singer is deeply connected to her audience&#8217;s joy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re spookily connected sometimes,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s almost like chatting in a living room, but I&#8217;m singing, and it&#8217;s just very personal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For tickets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/twintowns.com.au\/events\/mirusia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twintowns.com.au\/events\/mirusia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACCLAIMED soprano Mirusia is bringing her Mother&#8217;s Day tribute to the Tweed on May 10. 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