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Simply beautiful: ‘North + South’ from Jane Sheldon, CD review

Simply beautiful: ‘North + South’ from Jane Sheldon, CD review

Soprano Jane Sheldon is a well respected and popular exponent of two broad styles of music at opposite ends of the timeline – Baroque and early music and, ‘New’ music. Her latest venture a CD with the title North + South (Phosphor Records PR 0001), released earlier this month, demonstrates her mastery of yet another style. North + South is a…

Australian Singers Take Centre Stage At The ENO’s Otello

David Alden’s new production of Verdi’s Otello opened at the English National Opera last week with two Australian born singers in the lead roles – Stuart Skelton as the Moor and Jonathan Summers as Iago. Andrew Clements in The Guardian says “It is Jonathan Summers’s totally compelling Iago who holds centre stage.” Read the review.    

Reviews from the weekend – Don Giovanni and Evgeny Kissin

Opera Australia’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni opened in Sydney on Saturday night: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/by-cad-this-don-has-really-got-what-it-takes-20110925-1krlu.html Evgeny Kissin with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenzy:  http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/princely-splendour-of-a-master-of-sound-and-articulation-20110923-1kpa1.html

Concert Review: Pastoral Melodies/ Australian Romantic And Classical Orchestra/ Sydney Chamber Choir

Concert Review: Pastoral Melodies/ Australian Romantic And Classical Orchestra/ Sydney Chamber Choir

Pastoral Melodies Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra/ Sydney Chamber Choir City Recital Hall 25 March, 2018 The Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra lived up to its name in Pastoral Melodies performed in collaboration with the Sydney Chamber Choir. Three works from the Romantic canon and one from the Classical era, were performed with panache, under…

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