If you’re planning to see the Royal Opera’s cinema version of Bellini’s Norma which opens in Sydney this weekend then this feature from The Guardian is essential background reading.
The opera is directed by Àlex Ollé from La Fura dels Baus and is conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano with Sonya Yoncheva as Norma and Jospeh Calleja as Pollione.
The attrition of greats continues. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died. Read his obituary in Gramophone Magazine and on BBC News.
Earlier this year, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a sensational performance at Berlin’s Neue Heimat club, recreating the impact of her legendary 2013 Yellow Lounge appearance, when she attracted one of the biggest crowds in the history of Deutsche Grammophon’s “classical-goes-clubbing” series. Now she’s taking the electric atmosphere further by making the first-ever live Yellow Lounge…
If you’re missing your fix of concerts during the Easter season, here are some links that you might like to check out – performances of a variety of Easter musical fare by Australian and other composers and performers: Short listens: Sydney Chamber Choir performs Paul Stanhope’s Ubi Caritas This beautiful piece is a hymn of the…
Musica Viva has announced its 2019 line-up of international touring artists, morning concerts, masterclasses, educational and mentoring programmes, festivals and composers’ programmes – and it’s a feast of some of the best in chamber music form around the world. Musica Viva, Australia’s oldest independent professional performing arts organisation opens its 2019 season in February with…
If you would like to be in the running to win one double pass to this thrilling evening of music, song, dance and martial arts, celebrating the Year of the Rat, on January 28. email [email protected] by 5 pm on Friday 17 January, 2020 with Year of the Rat in the subject heading. We will…
The Sydney Children’s Choir is recruiting new choristers aged 6-16 to join them in 2014. Founded in 1989 by its present Artistic Director Lyn Williams OAM, the choir is highly regarded for its performance standards and training of young singers. The choir performs regularly in and around Sydney, in major venues like the…