The Sirius Chamber Ensemble comprising Claire Howard Race (piano), Melissa Coleman (flute), Clare Kahn (cello) and Martyn Hentschel (violin) will present a free lunch time concert featuring the Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, opus 67, by Dmitri Shostakovich and the Flute Sonata in D, opus 97 by Sergei Prokofiev.
Mid-week in a Sydney pub – glasses tinkling, steak sizzling . . . and the divine melodies of an opera begin and a fully costumed cast appear! As the sublime music begins, a touch of narration is added and a favourite opera comes to life. Get up close to the thrill of live performance and…
Selected as one of the top 20 choirs in the world by Gramophone Magazine in 2011, the world-renowned British early music vocal ensemble, The Tallis Scholars will be touring Australia in October and November of this year. Founded in 1973, by Peter Phillips who continues to direct the ensemble, The Tallis Scholars have established themselves…
Sydney tenor Pascal Herington presents Opera and Beyond a farewell concert prior to his move overseas. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Pascal is already well known on the Sydney stage having performed as soloist in productions by Pinchgut Opera, Sydney Chamber Opera, Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and ensembles at the Sydney Conservatorium…
The Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals sees ten emerging singers vie for a coveted spot in the finals. Selected from a series of heats held in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, the semi-finalists will be judged by Linnhe Robertson (National Adjudicator), Maestro Johannes Fritzsch, Lisa Gasteen AO and Michael Halliwell. The semi- finalists are: Damian Arnold, 23, Tenor, NSW Anastasia Bickel,…
Violin virtuoso and style muse Charlie Siem will give his debut performances in Australia in a tour of New South Wales, Victoria and the Capital Territory, which culminates in Sydney in April. The program for the tour has changed from that which was previously advised and Siem will now perform violin and piano recitals with pianist…
This week is the final showing this season of Puccini’s swansong Turandot from the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. The powerfully performed and stunnngly detailed production opened in London September 2013 and has American Lisa Lindstrom in the title role with Marco Berti as Calaf. Conducted by Henrik Nanasi, the movie carries interviews with the creative team, singers…