Category: Reviews

  In her own words, “Schumann and Schubert are central contenders for my heart”, and thus it was that these composers formed…

  The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) Melodramma giocoso in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Felice Romani, after Eugène…

Jonas Kaufmann, In Concert, August 10, 2014,  Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. It was an evening to cherish. Presented by Opera Australia,…

orchestra seventeen88 The Chapel of Santa Sabina College, Strathfield 9 August 2014   The launch of a new orchestra is always a…

 Compassion/Nigel Westlake/Lior Sydney Symphony Orchestra ABC Classics 481 0678  First published in March 2014, this review is being re-published in the light…

Dmitri Sinkovsky with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City Recital Hall, July 23rd, 2014. It’s not too rare for an instrumental musician to…

Symbiosis I, Jane Sheldon,soprano/ Jason Noble, clarinet/James Wannan, viola, 107 Projects,107 Redfern St, Redfern.  Friday 18th July, 2014.   Redfern’s 107 Projects…

 The Chimney Sweep (Der Rauchfangkehrer) Musikalisches Lustspiel in three acts by Antonio Salieri, libretto by Joseph Leopold Auenbrugger. Performed in the vernacular. City Recital Hall, Monday July 7th 2014. Pinchgut…

Otello Opera in 4 acts by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Arrigo Boito, The Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Opera Australia, Saturday…

Music critic Michael Church once noted the existence of “Those who mistakenly believe that historical operas by dead composers can only be…