The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell CON OPERA Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium Saturday 14 May 2016 Purcell’s stage works can present substantial difficulties for modern directors since, with the exception of Dido and Aeneas, they are all semi-operas. That is, they are plays into which music is inserted as stand-alone masques which are only loosely connected to…
La bohème – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia, 6 January 2016 Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House Once again, the Opera Australia summer season features a revival of Gale Edwards’s production of La bohème which has been presented every year since its premiere in 2011. These continual revivals presumably make good financial sense by attracting…
Australian Haydn Ensemble Haydn’s Esterházy Orchestra Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 20 December 2015 Marc Destrubé (Guest lead violin & co-director)/ Erin Helyard (Guest co-director & harpsichord soloist)/ Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director & violin) The Australian Haydn Ensemble finished their musical year with a concert entitled Haydn’s Esterházy Orchestra which consisted of Haydn’s symphonies numbers 6,…