Mahler’s 10th symphony and Debussy’s String Quartet in G are amongst works that have been not just been discovered posthumously, but which have been re-constructed into a work that can be performed. Barry Cooper, a Professor of Music at Manchester has filled in the missing pieces from Beethoven’s 2nd String Quartet….
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/beethoven-piece-lives-again/story-fn9d2mxu-1226149500110
Murray Black of “The Australian” reviews Anne Sofie von Otter’s Sydney concerts: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/mezzosopranos-double-bill-of-delights/story-fn9d2mxu-1226188092405
The Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program has made available its 2019 production of Otto Nicolai‘s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, recorded by 4MBS Classic FM. Directed by Heather Fairbairn and conducted by Ward Stare with Ensemble Q, the cast includes Joel Amosa as Sir John Falstaff, Morgan England-Jones as Frau Fluth, Anastasia Bickel as Frau…
Last week we published the first of a two part interview with emerging conductor Jennifer Condon whose ambition to record Sappho, the forgotten final opera by Peggy Glanville-Hicks has propelled her into the spotlight and into history. Navigating the hurdles, she has landed on the rostrum feet first. The recording was completed last July….
Shanul Sharma sings in Opera Australia’s production of Satyagraha. We interviewed him prior to his appearance in Vicenza as Mitridate in 2021.
The New York Times reports that a new website, The Opera Platform, will begin free live streaming of opera from 15 of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses this weekend. The opera houses include the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Berlin Komische Oper and those in Lyon, Turin and Madrid. This three-way collaboration between Opera Europa, which represents…
Yunchan Lim, the youngest person ever to win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is one is of the biggest names emerging on the piano scene today, He will release his debut studio album, Chopin Études on the Decca Classics label on 19 April 2024. The first track, the Étude Op.10 No.3 Tristesse is…