Salome – Richard Strauss Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 6 March 2019 If Richard Strauss’ Salome were a movie, it may well display an X rating. Incest, necrophilia, lust, decapitation and suicide are all notorious elements in this, the third of Strauss’ operas and the one which made his name. Opera Australia’s…
Opera Australia tenor Brad Cooper is preparing to sing the role of the Second Jew in Richard Strauss’ Salome opening in Sydney on March 6th, with a star cast of young Australian singers and a couple of foreign superstars. Brad also performed in Wozzeck, and last year in The Nose. In this presentation by the Sydney Opera Society,…
Head for the Blue Mountains over the October long weekend and celebrate with music, tragedy, passion and fun when the Blue Mountains Opera Festival revives the operatic traditions of the grandest of the Blue Mountains’ grand hotels. Featuring classical masterpieces performed by some of the finest modern talents, the Blue Mountains Opera Festival will be…