Did you know you can go on a tour of The Opera Centre at 480 Elizabeth Street Surry Hills (5 minutes walk from Central Station)? In an hour and a half you will see the making of props and sets, wigs and costumes, hear artists in rehearsal and learn fascinating facts from behind the scenes.
Phone the Box Office on 9250 7777 to book a tour for groups of 2 to 40 people.
Lush with exotic melodies and rich harmonies, Karol Szymanowski’s opera King Roger takes you into the sub-conscious as you explore the mind of the king. Michael Honeyman sinds the title role in this Kasper Holten production presented by Opera Australia and opening tonight in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu…
Opera Australia has announced that the company will undertake an inaugural tour to China this October, presenting Moffatt Oxenbould’s celebrated production of Madama Butterfly. The tour will perform eight performances in four Chinese cities: Tianjin, Qingdao, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. It is Opera Australia’s first multi-city international tour. Oxenbould’s production was performed for the last time in Australia…
Is the term ‘contemporary classical music’ a contradiction in terms? Tom Service of The Guardian dispels some myths: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/five-myths-contemporary-classical-music?intcmp=239
Create NSW is calling for expressions of interest for the UK/Australia Season, with up to $500,000 up for grabs to support NSW arts companies and organisations to share their works to the UK in 2022.
Gondwana Choirs invites choral educators of all ages and levels of experience to step behind the rehearsal room door and get to know their artists, their expertise and their passion for their area of specialty, in small one hour interactive zoom classes from the comfort of home. The weekly 1 hour workshops are limited to…
Violinist Harry Ward and chamber music ensemble Partridge String Quartet are the Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers for 2020-2021. This two-year, part-time initiative in leadership was launched by Music Viva in 2015, and aims to discover and enable brilliant early career artists to become Australia’s musical leaders of tomorrow offering artists a comprehensive professional development curriculum…