Opera Australia’s brilliant production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle opens in Melbourne this week. SoundsLikeSydney has been in Melbourne watching the final week of rehearsals. It is a must see! To whet your appetite, here are some images from this epic cycle of four operas which tells the tale of three generations of gods and goddesses,…
In just under three weeks, Opera Australia’s reprise production of Wagner’s The Ring Cycle opens in Melbourne. Returning to the production from its 2013 debut, are heldentenor Stefan Vinke as Siegfried, Jud Arthur as Fafner/Hunding, Jacqueline Dark as Fricka, and Lorina Gore, Domenica Matthews and Jane Ede as the Rhinemaidens. Neil Armfield will again direct…
A concert performance of the groundbreaking opera, Harvey Milk will premiere in Sydney in November, presented by Left Bauer Productions and the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir. Composed by Stewart Wallace to libretto by Michael Korie, the production will be directed by Cameron Lukey and conducted by Sarah Penicka- Smith with pianist Chris Cartner. In January 1978, after his…