Otello Picture Gallery
Scroll down to see all eight images from Opera Australia’s current production of Verdi’s Otello. Read our review of Otello
Images by Branco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.
Scroll down to see all eight images from Opera Australia’s current production of Verdi’s Otello. Read our review of Otello
Images by Branco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.
For mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble, the next weeks hold the most opposite of experiences, from the high drama of singing two significant Wagnerian roles in Melbourne, to winging her way to Paris to perform at Paris Fashion Week.
No matter how familiar Handel’s Messiah might be, this 273 year old oratorio which debuted in Dublin in 1742 remains loved by both musicians and audiences. Its premiere received rave reviews, with The Dublin Journal reporting..…’the best Judges allowed [Messiah] to be the most finished piece of Musick. Words are wanting to express the exquisite Delight it…
Two features from The New Statesman – the first on elitism in classical music, and the second, a review of a new book Music as Alchemy by Tom Service, The Guardian’s music writer, examining the careers of six conductors and their orchestras: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/music-and-performance/2012/07/classical-music-should-be-about-more-elite-parties-and-private-s http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2012/07/music-alchemy-review
Opera Australia’s annual free outdoor concert, Mazda Opera in the Domain will feature a selection of wonderful arias and overtures from works by opera’s greatest composers. In the line-up are sopranos Lorina Gore and Daria Masiero, mezzo‐soprano Jacqueline Dark, tenor Bradley Daley and baritone Shane Lowrencev. They will be accompanied by the Australian Opera and…
Matthew Westwood of The Australian evalutes the “performance” of the AWO: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/an-orchestra-without-the-cultural-cringe/story-e6frg8n6-1226124757479
The Metropolitan Orchestra proudly announces the eight finalists of its inaugural Composer Development Program. They are Andrei Hadap, Alison Ireland, Laura Bishop, Nigel Ubrihien, Heather Shannon, Katja Jorgensen, Yusaku Abiko and Pavle Cajic. These eight talented NSW based composers will now enter the first two stages of the program where they will work with TMO Artistic…