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He went on to sing with the Vienna Boys Choir, touring widely and launching his solo career in 1992 as a male soprano, followed in 2001 as a countertenor.

In 2003, Cencic’s interpretation of Nerone (in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea) in Basel was an early milestone in his career, prompting Opernwelt to name him Best New Singer of the Year.

His 2019 Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele production of the rarely played opera Polifemo(Porpora) at the Felsenreitschule, were he also sang the role of Ulisse, was highly critically acclaimed. He was honoured by the French Ministry of Culture as Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his artistic work and received the 2021 German Record Critics’ Honour Award in the “Classical” category for his life’s work.

From 1986 to 1992, Max Emanuel Cencic was a member and soloist with the Vienna Boys’ Choir.

The following year saw Hasse’s Siroe in Athens and Versailles, concert performances of Tamerlano in Versailles, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg and Vienna and Alessandro in Moscow, Carmina Burana at the Festival d’Orange and many concerts throughout Europe. In his first season as the artistic director, Max Emanuel Cencic invited world stars such as Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli and Jordi Savall to Bayreuth.

400,000 worldwide viewers followed the broadcasts online and all the performances in Bayreuth were sold out. Carlo il Calvo and Polifemo were also released as internationally award-winning recordings on the Parnassus Arts Productions label. TV-stations such as Mezzo TV and Arte Concert have also documented several of his outstanding performances, including his revelatory presentation of Handel’s Alessandro (2012).

This was followed by a European tour and a CD release on Decca Classics. The Versailles performance was recorded and broadcast via FranceTV’s Culture Box. He takes the production to Bucharest and Vienna in September. The 5 Countertenors was released in March (“… the disc is full of treats …” – Opera Now), Vinci’s Catone in Utica in May (“… a stunner …” – ClassicalSource).

Max Emanuel Cencic’s most recent, critically acclaimed CD, Arie Napoletane, is dedicated to masterpieces of the Neapolitan school. As Artistic Director of Parnassus Arts Productions he is responsible for the conception, supervision and performance of important works of the Italian Baroque, among them the sensational re-discovery of Leonardo Vinci’s last opera, Artaserse, and, more recently, Arminio.

Carlo il Calvo and Polifemo were also released as internationally award-winning recordings on the Parnassus Arts Productions label. There are also further performances of Siroe in Moscow, Krakow and Amsterdam and appearances in Handel’s Tamerlano in Amsterdam, London and Poissy. He is also making appearances at major  festivals in Ambronay, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Montpellier, Innsbruck and Halle.

Cencic’s well developed musical curiosity is in evidence, with ten world premiere recordings, including Auletta’s Concerto in D major for harpsichord, two violins and continuo played by the dynamic Maxim Emelyanychev.

Cencic frequently appears in productions at major opera houses worldwide, including the Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid, Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, La Monnaie in Brussels, Geneva’s Grand Théâtre and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon.

His inspired revival of Vinci’s opera Catone in Utica, with four counter-tenors in the cast, was equally successful, both on stage and as a CD recording. Carlo il Calvo and Alessandro nell’Indie were honoured by the French magazine Forum Opéra as “Best Opera Production of the Year” 2020 and 2022 respectively.

Faramondo, released in 2009, confirmed his mastery of Handel. Max Emanuel Cencic created a sensation in the title role of Vivaldi’s opera Farnace when he performed it in 2011-12 at, among others, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Opéra de Lausanne, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bremen Festival, Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg and Mulhouse and Opéra Royal in Versailles.

In the title role of Handel’s opera Alessandro he will appear at the Handel Festival Halle and Bremen Festival, the Megaron in Athens, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Theater and der Wien and Concertgebouw Amsterdam.