I Musici review
Sydney turned on its glorious best last Sunday for I Musici’s Italian Summer presentation in the Royal Botanic Gardens:
Sydney turned on its glorious best last Sunday for I Musici’s Italian Summer presentation in the Royal Botanic Gardens:
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi Opera Australia, 3 July 2015 It is only two years since Opera Australia last revived Elijah Moshinsky’s 1994 production ofLa Traviata. In this winter season it follows the revival of Graeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot and precedes a revival of Moshinsky’s 1999 production of Don Carlos. In these difficult financial times Opera Australia is clearly making extensive use of its earlier investment in fine productions which…
Dido and Aeneas, Sasha Waltz and Guests, Vocal Consort Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sydney Festival, Lyric theatre, Pyrmont, Sydney; January 16th, 2014. The production of Dido and Aeneas by Sasha Waltz and Guests, presented by the Sydney Festival is an abstraction of the opera by Purcell. Movement and singing are equal partners in…
Baroque to Broadway Yvonne Kenny and the Choir of St James’ King Street directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones St James’ King Street September 10, 2015 It was a marvellous opportunity to hear soprano Yvonne Kenny in the intimate sanctuary of St James’ King Street, when she joined its choir to perform music from Baroque to Broadway….
Jacqui Dark is a consummate entertainer, generous with her emotions. This was a visceral performance which more than matched the courage, the physicality and commitment demanded by the songs of Jacques Brel. She gave her all.
An enjoyable evening of music which highlighted the often overlooked complexity and variety of the early and middle Baroque eras, well played by an ensemble with a clear affinity for and enjoyment of the repertoire.
Stephen Hough Musica Viva April 16, City Recital Hall, Sydney On his third national solo tour for Musica Viva, pianist Stephen Hough presented a programme that was deeply introspective and austere in its sentiments but ultimately uplifting, inspired by the diametrically opposed inspirations of the sacred and the salon. Opening his programme was the Sonata…
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi Opera Australia, 3 July 2015 It is only two years since Opera Australia last revived Elijah Moshinsky’s 1994 production ofLa Traviata. In this winter season it follows the revival of Graeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot and precedes a revival of Moshinsky’s 1999 production of Don Carlos. In these difficult financial times Opera Australia is clearly making extensive use of its earlier investment in fine productions which…
Dido and Aeneas, Sasha Waltz and Guests, Vocal Consort Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sydney Festival, Lyric theatre, Pyrmont, Sydney; January 16th, 2014. The production of Dido and Aeneas by Sasha Waltz and Guests, presented by the Sydney Festival is an abstraction of the opera by Purcell. Movement and singing are equal partners in…
Baroque to Broadway Yvonne Kenny and the Choir of St James’ King Street directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones St James’ King Street September 10, 2015 It was a marvellous opportunity to hear soprano Yvonne Kenny in the intimate sanctuary of St James’ King Street, when she joined its choir to perform music from Baroque to Broadway….
Jacqui Dark is a consummate entertainer, generous with her emotions. This was a visceral performance which more than matched the courage, the physicality and commitment demanded by the songs of Jacques Brel. She gave her all.
An enjoyable evening of music which highlighted the often overlooked complexity and variety of the early and middle Baroque eras, well played by an ensemble with a clear affinity for and enjoyment of the repertoire.
Stephen Hough Musica Viva April 16, City Recital Hall, Sydney On his third national solo tour for Musica Viva, pianist Stephen Hough presented a programme that was deeply introspective and austere in its sentiments but ultimately uplifting, inspired by the diametrically opposed inspirations of the sacred and the salon. Opening his programme was the Sonata…
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi Opera Australia, 3 July 2015 It is only two years since Opera Australia last revived Elijah Moshinsky’s 1994 production ofLa Traviata. In this winter season it follows the revival of Graeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot and precedes a revival of Moshinsky’s 1999 production of Don Carlos. In these difficult financial times Opera Australia is clearly making extensive use of its earlier investment in fine productions which…
Dido and Aeneas, Sasha Waltz and Guests, Vocal Consort Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sydney Festival, Lyric theatre, Pyrmont, Sydney; January 16th, 2014. The production of Dido and Aeneas by Sasha Waltz and Guests, presented by the Sydney Festival is an abstraction of the opera by Purcell. Movement and singing are equal partners in…
Baroque to Broadway Yvonne Kenny and the Choir of St James’ King Street directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones St James’ King Street September 10, 2015 It was a marvellous opportunity to hear soprano Yvonne Kenny in the intimate sanctuary of St James’ King Street, when she joined its choir to perform music from Baroque to Broadway….
Jacqui Dark is a consummate entertainer, generous with her emotions. This was a visceral performance which more than matched the courage, the physicality and commitment demanded by the songs of Jacques Brel. She gave her all.
An enjoyable evening of music which highlighted the often overlooked complexity and variety of the early and middle Baroque eras, well played by an ensemble with a clear affinity for and enjoyment of the repertoire.
Stephen Hough Musica Viva April 16, City Recital Hall, Sydney On his third national solo tour for Musica Viva, pianist Stephen Hough presented a programme that was deeply introspective and austere in its sentiments but ultimately uplifting, inspired by the diametrically opposed inspirations of the sacred and the salon. Opening his programme was the Sonata…