‘Carmen’ – picture gallery from behind the scenes at the dance rehearsals
Images from dance rehearsals for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Carmen – scroll down to see all three:
Images: Ben Symonds.
Images from dance rehearsals for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Carmen – scroll down to see all three:
Images: Ben Symonds.
There is an exciting new music festival launching in Sydney this August, featuring a range of events by some of Sydney’s most lauded performers. The inaugural Eastside Sydney Music Festival (ESMF) is curated by Neal Peres Da Costa (Professor and Associate Dean of Research Sydney Conservatorium of Music) to showcase the magnificent artistry of Australian…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leaders-note-clash-of-the-titans-strikes-a-timely-chord-20120223-1tqj0.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/exhilarating-climb-in-strausss-alps/story-e6frg8n6-1226275087259 The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/a-stumbling-seasonal-start-will-take-time-to-settle-down-20120223-1tq9t.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/consistently-inconsistent-solos-mar-vivaldi-concertos/story-e6frg8n6-1226279859757
This week it is the turn of Opera Australia to unveil the programme for its 60th year. It is a rich and varied programme with several new commissions alongside traditional opera – there are Australian works, two operas by Verdi and two by Bizet. A new McVicar production of Cosi fan tutte completes Sir David’s…
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and composer John Williams have collaborated on a new release from Deutsche Grammophon, Across the Stars, available from today. Williams conducts this album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his superstar violinist friend and collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Recorded in Hollywood, Across the Stars will…
Gramophone magazine reports that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will not be axed with the nation’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister describing the move as ‘unthinkable’: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/minister-denies-axing-new-zealand-symphony-orchestra
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has released his solo cello composition entitled Melody, on Decca Classics. Just 21, Sheku’s recent album Elgar has been No. 1 in the ARIA Core Classical Chart for five consecutive weeks. Sheku is happy to mark these milsestones with his own work, simple and beautiful with its folksong-like lilt. Previously performed as…