The 2008 Salzburg Festival production of Verdi’s penultimate opera Otello, directed by Stephen Langridge and recorded live at the festival, is on SBS TV this weekend.
Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Salzburg Festival Children’s Chorus and soloists Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role, Marina Poplavskaya as Desdemona, Carlos Álvarez as Iago, Stephen Costello as Cassio and Barbara Di Castri as Emilia.
The Australian Chamber Choir’s ACC 8, directed by Douglas Lawrence present a program of English song, featuring music by composers who survived the Bubonic Plague. The performers: The Australian Chamber Choir’s ACC8, directed by Douglas Lawrence The composers: Survivors of One Plague – Richard Farrant (c.1530–80), Henry Purcell (1659-95) Survivors of Two Plagues – Thomas Morley…
Omega Ensemble showcases the versatility of wind instrument and the rich tapestry of their sounds in Beethoven’s Quintet, a programme of music by Beethoven, Nielsen, Hindemith and Francaix performed by Sally Walker (flute), Celia Craig (oboe), David Rowden (clarinet), Michael Dixon (horn), Ben Hoadley (bassoon) and Maria Raspopova (piano) The programme: Nielsen, Wind Quintet, Op. 43/ Hindemith, Kleine…
There is a dynamic new live music venue in Sydney and it seems like the perfect venue to soak in the lucent sounds of a capella quartet The Idea of North. The Blue Beat Bar and Grill in Double Bay will feature TION in mid-March, fresh from their South East Asian tours – Laos and Thailand in January, and…
Omega Ensemble announces The Art of Chamber Music, two special performances in support of their 2020 Resilience Fund. With strictly limited seating to ensure comfort and safety, this exclusive event marks the ensemble’s first performance to an audience in over 250 days, performing the passionate music of Johannes Brahms and a world premiere work by…
Art Song NSW takes a different angle on dramatic songs when it presents Artsong Cabaret with the Marianna Ensemble. The Marianna Ensmeble will re-create the world of cabaret with guests sitting around tables as they’re entertained by the music of Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter. Discover too, music written by two of the performers Maria Okunev and…
The Sydney University Graduate Choir and Orchestra conducted by Christopher Bowen perform Antonin Dvořák’s Stabat Mater in the marvellous acoustic and evocative atmosphere of the The Great Hall, University of Sydney. Completed in 1877 and underpinned by his grief at the untimely death of his children, the Stabat Mater tells of the profound grief of Mary as…