Following the ENO’s announcement of a plan to encourage a relaxed dress code for opera goers, Andrew Mellor argues that it’s ‘much ado about nothing’. After all, going to the races seems to demand the observation of a costly and mysterious dress code that doesn’t deter attendance.
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Opera returns to the Joan Sutherland Theatre after the COVID-19 shut down in March 2020, with Opera Australia unveiling a four- production, three-month, COVID-safe season for 2021 that includes two debut productions for the company. This quartet of productions is intended to be the first of several for the year. Due to open on 5…
The Choir of St James’ King Street has been busy recording music for a CD project, Metamorphosis. Recorded in the reverberant acoustic of the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral, the project is seeking funding for the CD to become a reality. However, the works recorded include: Twist J: Lamentation of Jeremiah Versa est…
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has a new chief executive. Andre Gremillet comes to the MSO after serving as president as chief executive of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2007. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/french-canadian-to-helm-mso/story-fn9d2mxu-1226428527010 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/new-jersey-symphony-president-goes-down-under/?ref=music
Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital thrilled audiences with his searing performances when he appeared with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in May last year. If you’re craving your own piece of the action, Avital is soon to release a new CD dedicated to the music of Antonio Vivaldi. The recording, simply entitled Vivaldi, contains the Concerto in D major RV…
The New York Times reports that a new website, The Opera Platform, will begin free live streaming of opera from 15 of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses this weekend. The opera houses include the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Berlin Komische Oper and those in Lyon, Turin and Madrid. This three-way collaboration between Opera Europa, which represents…
London’s Trafalgar Square has for centuries been an icon of the city. In its centre stands Nelson’s column, flanked by the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and St Martin in the Fields. It is also the home to thousands of pigeons, which will have to move over for the London Symphony Orchestra as principal…