Presenting Opera In Concert
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
The ABC has announced the death of conductor Myer Fredman, who passed away last Friday night in Hobart, aged 82. Myer Fredman was very active in opera and orchestral music in Australian in the 70s, 80s and 90s, in Europe, and especially in his native UK, prior to moving to Australia. He was notable as a…
The duet between dazzling young Russian soprano Aida Garifullina has been busy at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, performing with pop superstar Robbie Williams at the Opening Ceremony front of a global audience of billions and singing ‘Casta Diva’ and the signature track from her award-winning debut album ‘Je veux vivre’ in the Red Square…
Last week soprano Rachel Bate was awarded the Opera and Arts Support Group Vocal Scholarship in the 80th Anniversary McDonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod. Singing Einsam in trüben Tagen from Lohengrin and Pace pace mio Dio from La Forza del Destino, adjudicators John Pringle and Graeme Pushee placed Rachel at the head of the six finalists finishing ahead of New…
Riccardo Chailly’s recording Brahms – The Symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra was named Recording of the Year and doyen of early music Sir Neville Marriner received a special Outstanding Achievement Award, at the 2014 Gramophone Awards held at St John’s Smith Square last night. Click here to read about the other winners.
It was in July that pianist Yuja Wang dazzled Australian audiences with her performances, described as “dazzling…tender…(and) stylish” (Sydney Morning Herald). She is now poised to release a new recording in Australia, entitled Ravel (available October 23, 2015) on the Deutsche Grammophon label, on which she performs with the celebrated Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under young conductor Lionel…
The Sydney Symphony conducted by David Robertson is wrapping up its third tour to China in five years. A feature of the programme was the work commissioned for the tour by the SSO from Andrew Schultz. Sound Lur and Serpent, Fanfare for Brass and Percussion, Opus 98 is inspired by old brass instruments that resemble the horns…