Are music downloads declining in popularity with a return to the hallowed CD? The people who were surveyed in this feature seem to overwhelmingly prefer to spend their money on music they can hold.
The Grammies are over for another year and the 59th annual awards ceremony contained 10 categories for classical music out of its total of 84. Notable among the nominees for Best Opera Recording was the Royal Opera’s production of Szymanowski’s Król Roger, a co-production with Opera Australia, currently in an enormously successful season at the Sydney Opera…
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/stage-set-for-venues-first-act/story-e6frg8n6-1226132501885
Omega Ensemble has released Mozart’s Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 ‘Kegelstatt’ on ABC Classic and you can listen on Apple Music, Spotify or Google Play. Mozart’s Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano was first performed in the home of pianist Franziska von Jacquin, with Mozart himself on viola and the famous Anton Sadler on…
She’s a prodigiously gifted singer and actress, recognised for her roles from the high classics, through the great romantics, to music theatre. She owns the stage, be it in opera, on Sydney harbour, in musicals or cabaret. When I spoke to mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Dark in Sydney, she was enjoying some much needed down-time after a…
The English National Opera’s 2014 season of Britten’s opera Peter Grimes is in full swing with Sydney born tenor Stuart Skelton singing the role of Grimes, a role he had made his own. Sydney audiences may recall his compelling performance in the Opera Australia production of 2009. Here is a list of links to…
