I Musici review
Sydney turned on its glorious best last Sunday for I Musici’s Italian Summer presentation in the Royal Botanic Gardens:
Sydney turned on its glorious best last Sunday for I Musici’s Italian Summer presentation in the Royal Botanic Gardens:
The Eighth Wonder, Opera Australia Forecourt, Sydney Opera House October 28, 2016 Written by Deen Hamaker This new production of Alan John and Dennis Watkins’ opera is the first since the original 1995 production was revived in 2000 for the Olympics Arts Festival. It has been too long between outings. This is a remarkable opera…
Oxana Shevchenko, Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 14 April, 2019 Written by Paul Bennett With a slightly bowed head and a confident walk without hint of strut or swagger, Oxana Shevchenko is all about the music. She welcomes her audience in the manner of a genial hostess with…
La Bohème – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia 4 January 2014 Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. When is an operatic first night not a first night? Well, for Opera Australia, it’s when Puccini’s La Bohème opens the Sydney summer season just four days after the New Year’s Eve Gala performance of the same…
Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon, is a recording of 21 songs by living Australasian composers, performed by the new music ensemble Halcyon. Released on the Tall Poppies label (TP 236) last month, the project was the brainchild of Halcyon’s founders and core performers, soprano Alison Morgan and mezzo-soprano Jenny Duck-Chong, to commemorate Halcyon’s 15th anniversary and…
“A beautifully curated and concise program which examined its theme from many angles and performance styles with exemplary choral singing.”
Prancer & Vixen: The Strange Bedfellows Leadbelly, Newtown 23 December, 2018 Written by Deen Hamaker This was not a standard Christmas show! With sarcastic tongues firmly stuck in cheeks, Jacqueline Dark as Vixen and Kanen Breen as Prancer, with their elf, Musical Director Daryl Wallis, providing excellent support, took us on a dark, sardonic journey,…