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The Met’s first Ring Cycle is completed
The first of three complete ‘Ring’ cycles, directed by Robert Lepage and staged by The Met this spring, is over. The…
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The movements that make the music
This is an absolutely fascinating animation from the New York Times of the connection between a conductor’s gestures, the responses of the…
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Don Giovanni re-invented…
Paris, London, Los Angeles, Berlin – all these cities will host productions of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2012. The London production, is…
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Halcyon and Vox Dream and Dance into the 21st century
When the voices of Halcyon get together with the voices of Vox, you can expect a vision of the future. This weekend they collaborate…
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APRA/AMCOS Art Music Award winners 2012.
Last week APRA/AMCOS announced its annual Art Music Awards winners for 2012. The awards acknowledge achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of…
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A new name for the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
It’s not so old, but already the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra has re-invented itself and will, in future be known as The Metropolitan Orchestra…
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More soloists announced for Sappho
In November last year, Sounds Like Sydney published an interview with emerging conductor Jennifer Condon, presently working as Souffleuse at…
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opera update….an new name for the opera theatre
How did this get past us??! The opera theatre of the Sydney Opera House will be named in honour of Dame Joan…
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Dancing with the piano – Zubin Kanga performs in London
Pianist Zubin Kanga recently performed a programme of ‘new music’ in London. It involved ideas that brooked traditional concepts of how the…
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Jonathan Lemalu learns a libretto in a new language
Grammy Award winning New Zealand born bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu (he’s sung Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni for OA in Sydney) has had to…