Outback Opera
Check out this very entertaining feature from smh.tv – Opera Australia’s production of La Boheme goes on a regional tour:
http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/outback-opera/outback-opera-20111118-1nmzi.html?rand=1321745380422
Check out this very entertaining feature from smh.tv – Opera Australia’s production of La Boheme goes on a regional tour:
http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/outback-opera/outback-opera-20111118-1nmzi.html?rand=1321745380422
Attending a dress rehearsal for a production by Opera Australia, I sense that the audience has all the expectancy and impatience of children on Christmas Eve, getting a sneak peek at the entertainment to come and to be the first amongst their friends to spill the beans. The orchestra is attired in mufti, the soft…
The British composer Sir John Tavener has died aged 69. Tavener is well remembered for his ethereal Song for Athene and the unaccompanied four-part choral setting of William Blake’s The Lamb. Many of his works had a religious theme and were infused with ideas from the ancient classics. At school in London, he was a contemporary…
Pianist and Co-Artistic Director of Omega Ensemble Maria Raspopova, has released an album of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives opus 22. The 20 movement cycle of piano pieces was recorded in May 2018 at the Cranbrook Recording Studio, produced by Philip Powers with recording engineer and mastering by Bob Scott and editing by Jonathan Palmer. Click here to listen/buy
After two highly popular and successful years, the 2015 Hobart Baroque Festival has been cancelled over funding. Organisers had requested an amount of $3 million over the coming triennium, but for next year had been promised $400,000 the same as in previous years.
Australian soprano Nicole Car made her debut as Tatiana at London’s Royal Opera, Covent Garden in Tchaikovsy’s Eugene Onegin on December 19, sharing the stage with legends Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Michael Fabiano and Ferruccio Furlanetto in a production directed by Covent Garden’s director of opera, Kasper Holten and conducted by Semyon Bychkov. By all accounts, Car’s performance was…
On the eve of returning to conduct the 40th anniversary concert by the Sydney Chamber Choir, its founding director Nicholas Routley reflects on its growth and distinctive sound: “In July 1975 four students from the Music Department at the University of Sydney asked me if I would like to form a specialist small choir. I…