Wishing On A Star – Inside Opera Australia’s Young Artist Program

Wishing On A Star – Inside Opera Australia’s Young Artist Program

A few informal conversations with emerging young professionals revealed to me that one of the most important aspects of their career path was ‘on-the-job’ experience whilst in the workforce. Be it corporate life, a trade or medicine, ‘hands-on’ professional training is critical. But what of the performing arts -in particular, opera? How is a singer…

Review: A Turkish Delight – Opera Australia ‘The Turk in Italy’

Review: A Turkish Delight – Opera Australia ‘The Turk in Italy’

  The Turk in Italy, G Rossini, libretto by Felice Romani after the libretto by Caterino Mazzola Opera Australia, Wednesday January 22nd   If Rossini’s opera The Turk in Italy (Il Turco in Italia) were set in present times, the long sea voyage undertaken by Selim the Turk, eventually landing with his entourage on a…