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Catch this while you can…..
La Scala + Barenboim + Kaufmann + Garanca + Baltsa + Pape + La Scala Choir and Orchestra = a not to be missed performance of Verdi’s…
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Grand Finalists announced for ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
ABC and Symphony Australia have announced the three Grand Finalists in the 2013 Young Performers Awards. They are 28 year old pianist Stefan Cassomenos,…
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Australian mezzo-soprano in the Wigmore Hall final.
Toi-toi to Australian mezzo-soprano Helen Sherman, one of four soloists who along with her pianist has qualified for the finals of the…
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Government Subsidies Give German Orchestras the Edge
The Sydney Festival is hiring an elite German orchestra to perform at the 2014 Sydney Festival, because believe it or not, it is…
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Thielemann’s ‘Ring’ on disc.
Wagner specialist conductor Christian Thielemann’s reading of the complete Ring Cycle at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2011 was recognised as one of…
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‘Orango’ reviewed in the LA Times
Discovered in 2004, amongst a collection of drafts and rejected sketches, the prologue to Shostakovich’s incomplete and forgotten opera Orango received its…
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ENO announces its 2013-14 season
The English National Opera has announced its 2013-14 season which sees the UK premieres of 10 new opera and the return of…
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Britten suffered from syphilis – a new biography claims.
Conductor, musicologist and author Dr Paul Kildea has written a major book on the life of Benjamin Britten, to be published by…
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Nimrod Borenstein’s music on target
Nimrod Borenstein (b 1969) is a composer whose music is increasingly grabbing attention – especially that of Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will…
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The 2013 Sydney Festival!
The 2013 Sydney Festival is launched!! http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2013/