Australian tenor Stuart Skelton steps in for an ailing Jonas Kauffman next week, in the Met’s production of Die Walkure. Later this month, he sings in The Flying Dutchman for the English National Opera in London. Last week, he gave his most recent interview:
The Australia Ensemble @UNSW, returns in 2015 with Raising Sparks, an exciting season of music curated by artistic chair Paul Stanhope. “A spark. The glimmer of something new – an idea full of infinite potential. The flame that illuminates and warms. A Catherine Wheel of delight” writes Stanhope. Highlights of the 2015 season include Beethoven’s…
Louisiana born tenor Arnold Rawls, wowed audiences with his performance as Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore for Opera Australia earlier this year. He is returning to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to perform in the New Year’s Eve Gala this summer. Revisit what the tenor with the dazzling high Cs had to say about his arrival on the…
There was a riot of colour both outside the Sydney Opera House with Vivid in full swing, as well as inside, when Opera Australia’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen, directed by John Bell, opened last night. Check out these kaleidoscopic images: scroll down to see all 10 images. Images courtesy Opera Australia.
The late neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with Alzheimer’s who had little recollection of his life, but who remembered the baritone part to almost every song he had ever sung. “Music,” said Sacks, “was one of the only things that kept him grounded…” For many who were immersed in music during school years, entry…
The Sydney Eisteddfod’s Stage At Home series continues throughout June and July with new videos being released each week. Entries are still welcome from all performers at home in dance, drama, music and song. Stage at Home was created for the created for the Sydney Eisteddfod community so that the talent of the 2020 Festival…
The original score of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major K 331 – the one that contains the famous Rondo alla turca finale, has been found in a library in Hungary. Composed c 1783, Hungarian pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis played the sonata from the original score last week. Few differences were detectable when…