Eleven singers from six countries will compete in the finals of the prestigious Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award and Elizabeth Connell Prize Finals, which have attracted singers from Australia, U.S.A. New Zealand, Netherlands, Italy and Latvia. They will compete for over $110,000 in prizes in the two competitions which will be hosted by Silvio…
The Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation is presenting a special charity fundraising concert in aid of the 2015 Bel Canto Award for young singers.Performing in the concert will be 14 emerging opera artists who will perform a selection of Rossini songs, arias, duets, quartets and the hilarious Act 1 Finale from L’italiana in Algeri, accompanied…
Celebrating the extraordinary life and career of Dame Joan Sutherland on the second anniversary of her death, Maestro Richard Bonynge returns to Sydney to conduct a single performance of Handel’s opera Rodelinda, presented by the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation. Rodelinda was Handel’s 7th full-length opera. Composed for the Royal Academy, he was enjoying…