Opening tonight in the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House is Opera Australia’s sumptuous production of La Traviata. This revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s vision of Verdi’s enormously popular opera is directed by Roger Press. Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho opens in the role of Violetta Valéry later sung by Lorina Gore and Emma Matthews. …
The IFAC Australian Singing Competition has announced the ten gifted singers who will progress to the semi-finals of this prestigious annual competition. Following heats around Australia, in Auckland and in London, sopranos Sarah Ampil, Morgan Balfour, Zoe Drummond and Sarah Wang, all from NSW, mezzo-sopranos Anastasia Bickel (QLD) and Fleuranne Brockway (WA), soprano Eliza…
Opera Australia is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with an event in which four maestros lead a program of operatic classics at a Gala Concert featuring some of its biggest stars, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Opera Australia Chorus — with a special appearance by many…