Presenting Opera In Concert
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
Vexations 840 is about pushing boundaries. Giving a new enterprise this name may seem like asking for trouble, but the people behind this venture are inviting challenge. One of these is Lyle Chan, music producer and composer who describes Vexations 840 as “a classical music enterprise” that will speak to core classical audiences. Vexations 840…
Congratulations to soprano Zoe Drummond who is the winner of the 2018 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’). The 25-year-old received a purse of $30,000 to assist with a programme of study and/or singing activity. As well, she won the Audition Prize from the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, the opportunity to audition for Lyric Opera of…
After 7 concerts in 12 nights Penny Durham, in The Australian takes a look at David Robertson’s inaugural tour of China with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Lennard Promotions have announced with regret the cancellation of Jessye Norman’s Australian tour, citing circumstances beyond the control of both the artist and the promoter. Ticket refunds are available from the place of purchase.
Two of the world’s greatest opera singers come to Sydney to perform in Adriana Lecouvreur, by Francesco Ciléa, an Opera Australia co-production with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Fundación Ópera de Oviedo. Making his role debut as Maurizio, Count of Saxony is the outstanding tenor, Michael Fabiano. Joining him on stage as Adriana is the incomparable soprano Ermonela Jaho.
The winners of the 2025 Paul Lowin Orchestral and Song Cycle Prizes were announced last night at a private event in Sydney (Gadigal).