Category: Reviews

  House of Dreams, Tafelmusik Presented by Musica Viva City Recital Hall Sunday 1 March Canadian Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik last toured Australia…

Broken Consorts Ensemble Offspring and Ironwood Chamber Ensemble Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 28 February 2015   Two ensembles from contrasting backgrounds…

Handel: Heaven and Harmony Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir  City Recital Hall, Angel Place 25 February 2015  The programmes of the Australian…

‘A feeble French travesty of a German literary monument.’  Such was Wagner’s view, in 1867, of Charles-François Gounod’s opera Faust which premiered…

Cantigas de Santa Maria Volume IV Pillar of Wisdom The Renaissance Players, Tall Poppies, TP231 The Renaissance Players have released the penultimate…

Ludovico Einaudi, piano Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, February 8, 2015. Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi mesmerised his…

Madama Butterfly  –  Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia,  Sydney Opera House 27 January 2015  Each year, Opera Australia has followed its Handa Opera…

  Tosca  –  Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia,  Sydney Opera House, 13 January 2015  John Bell’s production of Tosca for Opera Australia was…

The Idea of North with the Choir of St James’ Saturday, December 6, 2014 The Choir of St James’ concluded their highly…

A Brandenburg Christmas (ABC 476 4687) is the The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir’s 2010 live recording of their annual festive concert Noel! Noel!, which enters…