{"id":15326,"date":"2014-01-28T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=15326"},"modified":"2014-01-28T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T06:08:41","slug":"hobart-baroque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=15326","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Baroque"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inaugurated just 1 year ago, in April 2013, Hobart Baroque has already established a reputation as an important fixture on the national calendar of music festivals. It is the\u00a0only festival in the country solely dedicated to performance of music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Hobart Baroque \u00a0will run from March 28th – April 5th. It will feature world-class musicians performing in magnificent historic venues around Hobart, whose acoustic and intimacy support the style of music being performed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Artistic Director of Hobart Baroque, Leo Schofield AM nominates some of the highlights for the 2014 festival:<\/p>\n

– The Australian premiere of \u00a0Handel\u2019s\u00a0Orlando, <\/em>\u00a0directed by\u00a0Chas Rader-Shieber, (who directed Pinchgut Opera’s 2013 production Giasone). <\/em>This\u00a0<\/em>production of Orlando <\/em>premiered at\u00a0America\u2019s Glyndebourne\u2019, the Glimmerglass Summer Festival\u00a0in New York, the forefront of Baroque resurgence in the USA,\u00a0and later had a successful season at the Lincoln Centre. \u00a0Singing the role of Angelica, in Orlando<\/em>, is American soprano Kathryn Lewek, who in December 2013 made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as the\u00a0Queen of the Night \u00a0in Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute<\/em>.<\/p>\n

– The first and only Australian appearance of the\u00a023-year old Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva with orchestra, performing with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,<\/p>\n