‘Thoroughly enjoyable’ – Britten’s ‘Albert Herring’ from Opera Australia

‘Thoroughly enjoyable’ – Britten’s ‘Albert Herring’ from Opera Australia

Albert Herring  –  Benjamin Britten Opera Australia, 16 August 2013 Amid the flurry of celebrations for this year’s Verdi and Wagner bicentenaries the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten has been overshadowed.  Opera Australia is commemorating it with a revival of John Cox’s 1976 production of Albert Herring – probably the earliest production to…

Falstaff photo gallery

Falstaff photo gallery

Get a taste of Verdi’s rambunctious opera Verdi’s Falstaff  which opened in Sydney last Friday.  Warwick Fyfe sings the bawdy title role with Amelia Farrugia, Jacqueline Dark, Domenica Matthews, Lorina Gore, John Longmuir, Graeme McFarlane and Jud Arthur and Kanen Breen as the twin numbskulls Pistol and Bardolph adding burlesque and slapstick to their hugely demanding vocal performances….