Review roundup
A collection of the weekend’s reviews:
Stephen Hough’s Canberra concert:
Placido Domingo and Katherine Jenkins in Sydney:
The Vienna Philharmonic in Perth:
A collection of the weekend’s reviews:
Stephen Hough’s Canberra concert:
Placido Domingo and Katherine Jenkins in Sydney:
The Vienna Philharmonic in Perth:
The Magic of Paul Dean The Flinders Quartet The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House October 29, 2014 The waves of Sydney harbour – at times serene, at times restless – provided the perfect backdrop to the themes of the Flinders Quartet’s presentation The Magic of Paul Dean in the Utzon Room of the Sydney…
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…
The sounds of the music and chanting ebbed away; the shadows on the stage faded. There was no applause, no cheering, no curtain calls. The audience rose and silently filed out of the City Recital Hall. This silence was no expression of displeasure; rather it was an acknowledgement that the concluding item on the Australian…
This review was first published in June 2013. The album contains four motets by composers whose music Julia Lezhneva will perform during her October tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. “From time to time a really outstanding talent appears and I believe that Julia Lezhneva is just that. The brilliance of her voice…
Spartacus The Australian Ballet Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 10 November, 2018 Written by Deen Hamaker Spartacus is perhaps the ultimate Soviet ballet, a spectacle of bravura dancing and athleticism, characterised by muscular gladiators and Roman soldiers executing stunning leaps and jumps. It is about as far from the romantic ‘white’ ballets as one…
In her newest recording Cinema, chanteuse Nadia Piave brings the luscious music of European cinema right into the intimacy of your lounge room. Accompanied variously by the piano, the guitar and violin, Nadia sings some of the most classic songs from European cinematic gems that represent the best in film direction and soundtracks. The 16…