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A rare manuscript of Sergey Rachmaninov’s second symphony, signed by the composer and containing his handwritten notes, is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London in May, with an expected price of £1m-1.5m. According to Classical-music.com, the manuscript had been presumed lost since the 1917 revolution, when Rachmaninov fled St Petersburg with only a small suitcase of…
Soprano Nicole Car has withdrawn from the January 2017 performances of La Bohème. The role of Mimi will be sung by the Italian soprano Mariangela Sicilia. Sicilia made her operatic debut in 2009 as Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. Prior to her Sydney appearance, she will be singing the role of Sophie in Werther at the Teatro…
One of the world’s most loved comic operas, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has joined forces with World’s Greatest Shave to donate a portion of ticket sales to the Leukaemia Foundation. For every ticket purchased to the Sydney Opera House season…
Released on Decca Classics at the end of last week, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli celebrates over three decades on the Decca Classics label, with a new album commemorating the life and career of the castrato Farinelli, one of the most famous opera singers of the 18th century. The recording includes two world premiere recordings, arias by…
The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) invites instrumentalists and singers everywhere to be a part of the biggest orchestra in Australia, the 2019 AMEB Online Orchestra. The AMEB has chosen I am Australian, written by Bruce Woodley AO and Dobe Newton, is the chosen song for this project. This year’s project follows the success of last year’s…
Pianist, composer, and producer Nat Bartsch will deliver the 2024 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address which will take place in Melbourne (Naarm) on 2 December.