The late dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell who died on February 18th, sings Mild und Leise from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. She thrilled audiences around the world with the beauty and power of her voice. Her legacy will endure. RIP.
The Hilliard Ensemble bids farewell with its appearances at the Sydney Festival. The Ave Maria by Josquin des Pres is on their Sydney programme.
On May 16th, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed the European premiere of an incomplete and forgotten by Dmitri Shostakovich – Orango, an opera originally commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre in 1932, but which became a satire on the Russian bourgeois press. The world premiere was given in December 2011, performed by the Los…
Opera Australia has just anounced an outstanding cast for its winter production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes moves from the opera stage to the musical as Emile de Becque, playing alongside four time Gold Logie award-winning actress Lisa McCune as Nelie Forbush. In the supporting roles are Kate Ceberano as Bloody Mary who…
An exquisite French carol, exquisitely performed by the gentlemen of Chanticleer.
Excerpts from Tafelmusik’s The Galileo Project, featuring the music of Monteverdi and Merula.
Maria Schneider’s composition Winter Morning Walks has won four Grammies this year for the composer, the soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw and production team. The recording features one of Australia’s finest ensembles, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who will perform this song cycle in its upcoming Sydney season. Schneider has recently moved from working in jazz…