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Back to the homeland for ‘the sound of music’
Created in 1959 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein ll and set in Salzburg, the musical The Sound of Music will finally be seen for the first time in the city where it is set. The BBC looks at why this phenomenally successful stage show has taken so long to come home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15402618
Tarrega’s telephone tune
Did you know that the infamous Nokia ringtone is based on a phrase from Francisco Tarrega’s Grand Valse?! Thomas Dolby is the musician whose team created the ring tone that is heard 2 billion times a day! More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9622000/9622785.stm
‘Nightingale’ reviewed
The review is out for ‘The Love of the Nightingale’! http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/soaring-testament-to-power-of-music-20111023-1meez.html
music maker for the movies – ennio morricone to conduct in australia
Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone has won over 25 awards internationally, for his film scores. Amongst them, the haunting themes for Sergio Leone’s Westerns ( A Fistfull of Dollars, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, For few Dollars More), The Mission and Bugsy. Quentin Tarantino used some of Morricone’s music in Inglorious Basterdsand co-artists like…
behind the scenes of a dress rehearsal at Opera Australia
Attending a dress rehearsal for a production by Opera Australia, I sense that the audience has all the expectancy and impatience of children on Christmas Eve, getting a sneak peek at the entertainment to come and to be the first amongst their friends to spill the beans. The orchestra is attired in mufti, the soft…
Don Giovanni trivia…….
Did you know….. the Estates Theatre in Prague where Don Giovanni received its premiere on October 29th 1787, conducted by Mozart himself, still stands. It puts on regular performances of the opera in much the same way it would have been performed in Mozart’s time. Outside the theatre is an ominous looking hooded statue of Il Commendatore. The …
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