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.”
Concert Review: Paranoia x Demon Ducks x Frankenstein x DC Universe: A Bonanzaic Palooza Momentum Ensemble Australian Youth Orchestra, Rachelle Durkin soprano, Christoph Altstaedt conductor Cellblock Theatre, Sydney, 19 April 2024. Demon Ducks and Pandemonium!! is a multimedia presentation combining theatre and orchestra, which takes us back in time to a place called Brueghelland; to…
Music in the stillness Concert 1/ Josie and The Emeralds The Art Gallery of New South Wales Foyer Wednesday April 11, 7:30 pm Written by Ria Andriani Music in the Stillness is a concert series presented by Josie and the Emeralds. It combines music from the medieval period and new Australian compositions inspired by The…
Praetorius Christmette . Christmas Mass, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, conductor. Deutsches Grammophon Archiv 449 1757 **** If the credits on this CD sounds familiar it could because Deutsches Grammophon Archiv have this Christmas, re-released this disc which was made in 1994. Nearly 20 years after its first hearing, this recording of Michael…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Vivaldi Unwired programme, directed by Paul Dyer, AO opened at the City Recital Hall last night with guest artists violinist Brendan Joyce and saxophonist Christina Leonard. It was an entertaining evening of convention and innovation. Opening the concert with two cornerstones of the Baroque repertoire played in conventional style on period…
Suor Angelica – Giacomo Puccini. Harbour City Opera, September 25th, 2013, Paddington Uniting Church. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Fledgling opera company Harbour City Opera presented its first complete opera this week choosing to perform Puccini’s Suor Angelica for this inaugural event. The all-female cast and the ability of the narrative and the music…
“The Heavenly Spheres make music for us,…….All things join in the dance!” Gustav Holst Having recently recorded Max Richter’s re-composition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for Deutsche Grammophon, violinist Daniel Hope looks to the elements yet again for inspiration in this recording called Spheres (DG 0289479 0571), which debuted at number 3 in the US BIllboard…