Clarity, Dynamism and Uniqueness – Jack Symonds on ‘His Music Burns’

Clarity, Dynamism and Uniqueness – Jack Symonds on ‘His Music Burns’

  “We’re righting a wrong to present composers whose works are de rigeur in the rest of the world as a festival event .” A potent statement from Jack Symonds, conductor and music director of Sydney Chamber Opera about the double-bill the company is presenting for the Sydney Festival. Under the collective title His Music…

A Double-Bill of Contemporary Masterpieces: ‘His Music Burns’ From Sydney Chamber Opera

A Double-Bill of Contemporary Masterpieces: ‘His Music Burns’ From Sydney Chamber Opera

  Sydney Chamber Opera is joined by Sydney Theatre Company resident director Sarah Giles to present His Music Burns a double bill of contemporary masterpieces performed in Australia for the very first time, presented by the Sydney Festival. In the double-bill are George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill with soprano Ellen Winhall, mezzo-soprano Emily Edmonds and…