The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s April series marks the debut of soprano Nicole Car with the ensemble and is also the first concert at which ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä will play the magnificent 1726 Belgiorno Stradivarius violin, recently loaned to the ACO. In her only Australian orchestral appearance in 2018, Car and the ACO will perform a…
Thaïs Opera Australia Sydney Town Hall 22 July 2017 Written by Deen Hamaker Jules Massenet was an incredibly popular opera composer during his lifetime and churned out over 30 operas from La grand’tante in 1867 to his final operas which premiered after his death in 1912. His professional life spanned the late 19th and 20th…
Soprano Nicole Car celebrates a triumphant return to Australia with a starring role in a concert presentation of Massenet’s opera Thaïs in Sydney’s Town Hall. Nicole is one of Australia’s most exciting opera singers, with critically acclaimed performances in Luisa Miller at the Sydney Opera House and Eugene Onegin at Covent Garden, and the release of…