Opera Australia’s sumptuous production of Lehar’s glittering operetta The Merry Widow opened in Melbourne this week. Danielle de Niese takes the title role in her much awaited operatic debut in Australia. Sydney-siders will have to cool their heels until the production, directed and choroegraphed by Graeme Murphy, opens at the Sydney Opera House on New…
The Sydney University Graduate Choir is delighted to announce the three finalists in the Joan Carden Award for 2017. They are: mezzo-soprano Barbara Jin, tenor Joshua Oxley and baritone Haotian Qi. The three finalists will perform with full orchestra at the choir’s upcoming performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the winner announced at the end of…
La traviata, Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Tuesday 28 March 2017 Written by Deen Hamaker When Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata premiered at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1853, theatre management insisted that the opera be set in the early 18th Century. Verdi had wanted his opera in portrayed in contemporary times….