Baritone Morgan Pearse will soon be moving from London, his home of recent years, to Houston, Texas, where he has been offered a position with the Studio Programme of the Houston Grand Opera. The prestigious HGO Opera Studio offers an integrated programme involving study in voice, drama and affiliated areas, opportunities to perform and…
Listen in to the Sydney Symphony’s performance of Britten’s War Requiem from the Sydney Opera House on ABC Classic FM on Saturday night. Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and featuring soloists Russian soprano Dina Kuznetsova, British tenor Andrew Staples and German baritone Dietrich Henschel with the Sydney Children’s Choir and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Despite its name,…
The Sydney Symphony has resumed its identity as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the release of its 2014 season under its new Chief Conductor David Robertson. Whilst the focus is on the European classics, the year’s offerings ought to please, as the programme includes symphonic masterworks, lighter fare from the movies, choral greats and a spritz of the unusual. The visiting soloists and…