Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the youngest knight ever created? And what did the adult knights think of the appointment?!
Today’s The Australian reports on Vatican documents dating back to 1770 in which Pope Clement XIV awarded Mozart the Chivalric Order of the Golden Spur. More at…
The freshness of spring is an apt time to launch a brand-new festival, and that is exactly what violinist Emma Jardine is doing with the inaugural Oberon Chamber Music festival, in the NSW central tablelands town of Oberon over the last weekend of November 2023.
“The truth is that there is no more a link between star sign and intelligence than there is between madness and creativity. That a link has been drawn between the two is, however, under–standable. How else can we explain the outrageous creative power of a Mozart or a Beethoven without resorting to some kind of brain chemistry imbalance? If…
Check out the ‘look’ of Musica Viva and Victorian Opera’s co-production of the Baroque pastiche opera Voyage to the Moon. There is one more Sydney performance on Saturday February 27 at 2 pm at the City Recital Hall. Scroll down to see all four images.
Australian soprano Nicole Car is one of the brightest stars in international opera and available from today is her second album Heroines, from ABC Classics, recorded live in concert with the Australian Chamber Orchestra directed and led from the violin by Richard Tognetti with a cameo solo by ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä. In April 2018, Nicole joined the…
Two world premiere recordings of works by the brilliant composer Nico Muhly are at the heart of Unexpected News, a new release from Omega Ensemble, on ABC Classics. It is an album that explores the American modern tradition through four works by Muhly and the great Philip Glass. The album contains three works by Muhly…
Tenor Joseph Calleja has turned his magnificent voice to recording the songs of Mario Lanza. Called Be My Love – A tribute to Mario Lanza, it’s the 4th solo CD for the 34 year old Maltese born lyric tenor. Due for release in mid-September under the Decca label, the music on the CD is inspired by the…