Concert Review: The Nixon Tapes/ Sydney Opera House/ Opera Australia/ Vivid Live

Concert Review: The Nixon Tapes/ Sydney Opera House/ Opera Australia/ Vivid Live

The Nixon Tapes – Scenes from Nixon in China Sydney Opera House/ Opera Australia/ Vivid Live Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House June 5, 2017 When the Sydney Opera House, Vivid and Opera Australia presented The Nixon Tapes – Scenes from Nixon in China, the opera by John Adams, it was immediately evident that this was…

Aurora Festival shines a new dawn in the west

Aurora Festival shines a new dawn in the west

For most of us, the sun rises in the east. For contemporary music fans, dawn happens in Sydney’s west where the aptly named Aurora Festival of Living Music launches on May 4th. Running till the 13th of May the 4th Aurora festival is one of the few arenas which gives voice to living Australian composers of contemporary chamber music. Inaugurated in 2006 by…