News
Why Der Rosenkavalier is Strauss’ best
Thespian Simon Callow believes that Der Rosenkavalier is Richard Strauss’ most successful opera. “The stage throngs with action, comic intrigues, genre scenes, farce,…
Month: July 2014
News
Corrupt Music Competitions
Cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber levels some serious allegations against music competitions writes Hannah Ellis-Petersen in The Guardian
Shows
Candlelit Choral Works From Bel A Cappella
Bel A Cappella’s August concert which will be performed by candlelight, is named after the centrepiece of its programme, the Missa Papae…
Shows
Bo Holten Sets The Song Company ‘On Fire’
The Song Company celebrates the heat and raw passion of FIRE and the music that expresses it, in its latest program Vocal Fireworks which…
Reviews
Concert Review: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/ Dmitri Sinkovsky
Dmitri Sinkovsky with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City Recital Hall, July 23rd, 2014. It’s not too rare for an instrumental musician to…
Shows
Britten’s Phaedra, Gorecki, Handel and Vivaldi
Benjamin Britten’s final vocal work, the dramatic cantata Phaedra, Op.93, for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra, Handel’s cantata Lucrezia, Gorecki’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings and…
Shows
Ensemble Offspring + Speak Percussion + Jon Rose = Ghan Tracks
Ensemble Offspring and Melbourne’s Speak Percussion team up for the very first time with maverick composer-inventor Jon Rose in the world premiere…
News
Don Giovanni Picture Gallery
A brand new production of Don Giovanni hits the board tomorrow night in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.…
News
Ranieri Wins Kerikeri Piano Competition
Congratulations to pianist Alex Ranieri who has won the $15,000 first prize in New Zealand’s Kerikeri International Piano Competition held recently in the Bay of Islands. Alex also received the Jill Cottle award for the Best Sonata. Ranieri’s award-winning performance…
Shows
Vienna comes to Sydney…Harbour City Opera Runs Masterclass
Harbour City Opera is presenting a 3 hour public masterclass with Vienna State Opera’s David Aronson (Repetiteur/Conductor) and Sylvia Greenberg (Soprano and…