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Opera Australia launches into 2013
The anticipation was palpable as Opera Australia announced its 2013 season in the opera theatre of the Sydney Opera House today. Glittering in more ways than one, Taryn Fiebig and the ensemble whetted appetites with a larger than life rendition of Quando m’en vo from the video of the 2010 production of La Boheme, projected onto…
Anthony Albrecht ‘s Juilliard Journey
For Sydney cellist Anthony Albrecht, life is about to undergo an irreversible change. In a few weeks he leaves Australia, to undertake a Master’s degree in historical performance at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. “I’m just trying to become an adaptable Renaissance cellist who is capable of performing at the highest…
The Circus Academy Comes to Town
If you’ve ever dreamed of running away and joining the circus, a new academy in Sydney lets you indulge that aspiration without having to run away. Composer and producer Chloe Charody and her business partner violinist Sonja Schebeck have taken their experiences from their circus opera The Carnival staged in London’s West End and opened…
Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth.
Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries next year for Britten, Verdi and Wagner, the acknowledgement of Debussy’s 150th birth anniversary has been distinctly underwhelming. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times investigates: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/arts/music/debussys-150th-birthday-gets-little-notice.html?_r=1&ref=music
The 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod results
All the music results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod: http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012ClassicalSingingResults.pdf http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012ChoralResults.pdf http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012PianoResults.pdf http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012InstrumentalSoloResults.pdf http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012InstGroupResults.pdf http://www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au/uploads/2012CreativeResults.pdf
Benjamin grosvenor ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – a formidable talent
Playtime for a young Benjamin Grosvenor was less about manipulating a games console or donning mouthguard and shin pads. For him, ‘playtime’ meant time with his beloved piano – “the big shiny black thing in the music room – very exciting for a child”. This fascination took him from starting pianos lessons aged…
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Towering performances bring ‘Die tote Stadt’ to life
Die tote Stadt, opus 12 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Opera in 3 acts with to a libretto by Paul Schott (Julius and E. W. Korngold) after Georges Rodenbach’s novel Bruges la morte. Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House June 30th 2012 It is a fortuitous collision of talent to have an opera composed by a prolific writer of cinematic music, directed by an Oscar…
Angela Denoke: a serendipitous visit
Angela Denoke, soprano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Sydney Opera House COnert Hall, June 29th 2012. Programme: Wagner R: Overture from Tannhäuser Wagner R: Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz WagnerR: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Strauss Salome: Final Scene Decades of inter-city rivalry were forgotten when Sydney audiences…