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At the cinema with Andrea Bocelli – ‘Love in Portofino’
Tenor Andrea Bocelli is making his cinema debut as the cinema version of his Love in Portofino concert is released for a limited time at selected Hoyts cinemas. Love in Portofino was recorded in August 2012 as Bocelli hosted an intimate and romantic outdoor concert in one of Italy’s most beautiful settings. The cinema event also…
OA welcomes one of its own as new CEO
After a global search, Opera Australia has called back one of its own to assume the role of CEO of the flagship company after long-serving CEO, Adrian Collette AM, left at the end of 2012. Late last week, Opera Australia Chairman Ziggy Switkowski, announced the appointment of Craig Hassall as Collette’s successor. He said that Hassall…
The orchestral journey to Melbourne’s ‘Ring’
If you’re travelling to Melbourne at the end of this year to join the odyssey that is Wagner’s ‘Ring’, this feature in The Australian takes you on a parallel journey as Orchestra Victoria gathers musicians to augment its core for the landmark season. Click here to read.
Opera Australia announces a new CEO
Craig Hassall – Opera Australia’s new CEO. Hassall has been appointed the new CEO of Opera Australia, replacing Adrian Collette who left the company at the end of last year. Craig Hassall has worked extensively with Opera Australia, Bell Shakespeare, the Olympic Arts Festival for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Cove Australia and the…
Gramophone podcast: Kildea talks on Britten
Controversy erupted with previews of Benjamin Britten’s latest biography written by the Australian born conductor and scholar , Paul Kildea and published by Penguin. Gramophone magazine has a podcast of Paul Kildea talking to interviewer James Jolly about this major project. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/benjamin-britten-%E2%80%93-by-his-latest-biographer-paul-kildea
Latest reviews
Sumi Jo recital reviewed
Murray Black reviews Sumi Jo’s recital for The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/deja-vu-of-the-best-kind/story-fn9d2mxu-1226519854341
S’wonderful – Simon Tedeschi’s ‘Gershwin and Me’
Though separated by time, pianist Simon Tedeschi and George Gershwin have been connected in spirit. Tedeschi’s newly released CD Gershwin and Me ( ABC Classics 481 00322) is an expression of this simpatico, affirmed by Tedeschi’s introduction to the CD in which he says “Gershwin’s music has, in some ways, been the accompaniment to my…