The Opera Foundation for young Australians has announced mezzo-soprano Bronwyn Douglass (28), from New South Wales as the winner of the 2017 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship, Ms Douglass was announced as the 53rd winner of this prestigious scholarship in the presence of His Excellency General, The Hon. David Hurley,Governor of NSW, and Mrs Hurley, at a public…
The Wagner Society in New South Wales presents Fin de Siècle and Tristan with soprano Anke Höppner and pianist David Miller, in a recital of compositions influenced by Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde by Alexander Zemlinsky & Arnold Schönberg. The recital is followed by the society’s Christmas Party! Members $40, Non Members $45 www.wagner.nsw.org.au
Thomas Strong, a 31-year-old tenor from New South Wales, has won the coveted Opera Foundation Australia Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship for 2014. The finals concert was held at the Eugene Goossens Hall of Sydney’s ABC studios where Strong sang Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot and Mamma, quel vino è generoso from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana for his…