The world-famous baritone turns 50 this year and his upcoming roles couldn’t be more diverse – opening in The Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera, followed by the role of Sweeney for the English National Opera.
In this interview in The Independent he looks at the roles he has taken through his performing career.
Baritone Paolo Bordogna is starring as Figaro in the great buffo role for Opera Australia’s current production of The Marriage of Figaro. With acting talents and comedic timing to match his superb voice, last year he delighted and entertained us as the Turk in Rossini’s comedic opera The Turk in Italy. Now Paolo Bordogna has released…
This week, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti release a new album, Bach | Beethoven: Fugue, that showcases two works of genius by Bach and Beethoven. Recorded live in concert, the album contains selections from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 by JS Bach and Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op….
Non-subscribers to Opera Australia can now get their tickets for the 2016 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot. The annual outdoor presentation now in its fifth year will open on March 24 and run until 24 April, 2016 at the Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point. Multi-award winning Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng will…
Laura Bennett of The Guardian interviews counter-tenor Andreas Scholl: Click here to read.
Written by composer and jazz saxophonist Spike Mason, FLYING was inspired by a poem written by the Tasmanian poet Di Adams about someone waking up and realising that they can FLY! Originally from Sydney, now based in Tasmania, Spike composed this work while flying back and forth to work each week in Sydney. FLYING is…
Are music downloads declining in popularity with a return to the hallowed CD? The people who were surveyed in this feature seem to overwhelmingly prefer to spend their money on music they can hold.