IFAC Australian Singing Competition Finals

IFAC Australian Singing Competition Finals

  Five finalists will compete in the finals of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition next week, performing with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch (currently conducting Salome), on the stage of the opera theatre. Guy Noble will host the evening. The finalists are 22 year old tenor Thomas Atkins from New Zealand, mezzo-sopranos Charlotte Betts-Dean 22,…

opera arts support group vocal scholarship final

opera arts support group vocal scholarship final

  Six of Australia’s most promising young singers from around the nation will compete in the final round of the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera & Arts Support Group Vocal Scholarship this week. Sopranos Amy Corkery and Tabatha McFadyen, mezzo-sopranos Anna Dowsley and Bridget Kate Patterson baritone Samuel Johnson, and bass Luke Stoker will by vying for prizes…

Haydn’s ‘Theresienmesse’ at Christ Church St Laurence

Haydn’s ‘Theresienmesse’ at Christ Church St Laurence

  Celebrating the anniversary of its Feast of Dedication, Christ Church St Laurence presents its annual Orchestral Mass, with its choir and orchestra performing Haydn’s Theresienmesse. The performance includes Sir Hubert Parry’s I Was Glad  as the introit and the motet Behold the tabernacle of God by William Harris.  Soprano Amy Corkery, alto Anna Dowsley, tenor Pascal Herrington and bass Alexander Knight, are…