The Sydney Symphony has resumed its identity as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the release of its 2014 season under its new Chief Conductor David Robertson. Whilst the focus is on the European classics, the year’s offerings ought to please, as the programme includes symphonic masterworks, lighter fare from the movies, choral greats and a spritz of the unusual. The visiting soloists and…
The Wagner Society of New South Wales presents Lisa Gasteen AO, delivering her perspectives on Preparing Major Wagner Roles. Lisa Gasteen rose to world fame as a dramataic soprano after becoming the first and only Australian to win the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. She has sung in most of the major opera houses in the UK, Italy and Germany, and has…
A gathering of stellar performers from the opera world gather on June 30th in a concert to benefit flood victims in Japan. Under the auspices of the Music and Opera Singers Trust (MOST), soprano Lisa Gasteen AO, tenor Glenn Winslade and bass Conal Coad, each of whom have performed in the opera houses of the…