Opening night photos from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir’s Bach Eternal programme. There are several more performances between now and May 19th.
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Images by courtesy of and taken by Steven Godbee.
Here’s the link to Eric Whitacre’s list of his top 20 international choirs and why they deserve to be there. (Gramophone, December 2010). Soon to perform in Sydney, Harry Christophers and his ensemble The Sixteen, are ranked at No 4. Whitacre says: “Under the expert command of founder Harry Christophers, The Sixteen have combined musical excellence with bold,…
Japanese soprano Hiromi Omura returns to the Sydney Opera House to perform the title role in five extra performances of Opera Australia’s production of Madama Butterfly in 2015. Ms Omura was an impressive ‘Butterfly’ when she first sang the role in Sydney in Moffatt Oxenbould ‘s 2012 production. She returned in 2013 to sing the role…
Cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber levels some serious allegations against music competitions writes Hannah Ellis-Petersen in The Guardian
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with Artistic Director Paul Dyer AO, reunites with Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz’s exciting circus troupe Circa to present Spanish Baroque, a passionate and virtuosic programme that fuses contemporary circus with baroque music. Joining the ensemble for the concert is New Zealand soprano Natasha Wilson, which also features the inimitable sound of the guitar as Italian…
Superstar heldentenor and Sydney favourite Stuart Skelton has been appointed to lead the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) internationally-renowned opera department in the role of the new J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera.
Earlier today, the winners of the 2017 ARIA Awards for Fine Arts were announced at a ceremony held at the Art Gallery of NSW. Congratulations to all the winners! Here they are: Best Classical Album – Slava Grigoryan for Bach: Cello Suites Volume 1 released by ABC Classics/Universal Music. Best Jazz Album – James Morrison,…