The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2020 season features a variety guest collaborations with whom they will perform gems from the classical and romantic eras with an acknowledgement to contemporary Australian repertoire. Directed by violinist Rachael Beesley, the year’s curtain raiser The Impresario in March, includes the Overture to Mozart’s opera of the same name,…
The Choir and Orchestra of St James’ celebrate the bicentenary of Sydney’s oldest church with performance of Haydn’s life-affirming masterpiece, The Creation. Just as this oratorio celebrates the creation of the world as depicted in the Book of Genesis, this performance marks the beginning of the bicentenary celebrations of Sydney’s oldest church, St James’ King Street….
Artaserse/ Pinchgut Opera City Recital Hall 29 November 2018 Written by Deen Hamaker When Johann Adolphe Hasse reset his opera Artaserse for the Dresden Court Opera in 1740, he was oblivious to the Australian continent. That Pinchgut Opera’s version of his masterpiece has sat unperformed since that time is incredible enough, let alone that Sydney…