Five future stars of opera from Australia and New Zealand compete for an array of prizes and opportunities including the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship in the finals concert of the 2016 IFAC Australian Singing Competition. The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey will accompany the finalists and perform Wagner’s Overture to Die…
It was 75 years ago, on November 9 in 1940 that Joaquín Rodrigo’s (1901 – 1999) Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra was premiered in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Celebrating the anniversary of this enormously popular concerto, guitarist siblings Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have re-released their CD, Rodrigo Guitar Concertos (ABC Classics 4812231), featuring the three…
Opera Australia presents a return season of Graeme Murphy’s grand vision of Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot, set in imperial Peking, Taking the title role is American soprano Lise Lindstrom who has taken the role by storm in the major houses around the world and on film. Singing the role of Prince Calaf is Korean born new York based Yonghoon…