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QUIZ: BOOKS INTO MUSIC Test your passion for books, opera, or both! Name these literary pieces and their author and then the operas on which they are based and the composers who wrote them. Good luck! In this novella from 1937, two homeless ranch workers George Milton and Lennie Small, traverse California looking for work…
The Barber of Seville Picture Gallery
Opera Australia’s revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s laugh-a -minute production of The Barber of Seville opened in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House this week. The madcap music runs at a frantic pace with slapstick comedy and characters reminiscent of a Buster Keaton movie. Till March 22, 2016. Scroll down to see all…
2014 Helpmann Award Winners Announced
Tonight, Sydney’s Capitol Theatre hosted the 2014 Helpmann Awards, recognising distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia’s live performance scene. SoundsLikeSydney congratulates all the nominees and the winners. Here are the winners in the Opera and Classical Music categories: Best opera The Melbourne Ring Cycle (Opera Australia) Best male performer in an opera Terje Stensvold for The…
Australian Singing Competition Finalists Announced
For over three decades the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC) Australian Singing Competition (ASC) has helped discover and fund career opportunities for some of our region’s finest talent in opera and classical singing. Last weekend, five young singers cams closer to realizing their dreams when they were selected to participate in the…
Natalie Aroyan Wins 2019 Harding Miller Foundation Opera Scholarship
Natalie Aroyan, soprano and Principal Artist with Opera Australia has been awarded the prestigious Harding Miller Foundation Opera Scholarship 2019, receiving the sum of $30,000 over two years to support study and travel in Australia or overseas. Opera lovers will be familiar with Aroyan’s engaging performances which include the title role in Aida, Desdemona in Otello, Mimi in La Bohéme, Marguerite in Faust, Amelia…
Hilary Hahn Releases Second Solo Bach Album On Decca
Triple Grammy Award winner Hilary Hahn returns to solo Bach twenty years after her debut recording. This recording of Sonatas 1 & 2 and Partita 1, her debut on the Decca label, completes Hilary’s solo Bach recordings and was released in Australia earlier this month. The disc contains the Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor, BWV…