Dark In The Spotlight – Jacqueline Dark On Becoming Fricka

Dark In The Spotlight – Jacqueline Dark On Becoming Fricka

She’s a prodigiously gifted singer and actress, recognised for her roles from the high classics, through the great romantics, to music theatre. She owns the stage, be it in opera, on Sydney harbour, in musicals or cabaret. When I spoke to mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Dark in Sydney, she was enjoying some much needed down-time after a…

Opera Review: Turandot/Opera Australia

Opera Review: Turandot/Opera Australia

Turandot  – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia, 24 June 2015  Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House It is now 25 years since Graeme Murphy’s much-admired production of Turandot was first seen in 1990.  During that time it has achieved almost iconic status because of the sheer beauty of many of its stage pictures.  Murphy’s background as a choreographer is evident throughout as the opera unfolds in a series of…

Turandot – Puccini’s Most Perfect Creation Returns To Sydney With A Powerhouse Cast

Turandot – Puccini’s Most Perfect Creation Returns To Sydney With A Powerhouse Cast

Opera Australia presents a return season of Graeme Murphy’s grand vision of Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot, set in imperial Peking, Taking the title role is American soprano Lise Lindstrom who has taken the role by storm in the major houses around the world and on film. Singing the role of Prince Calaf is Korean born new York based Yonghoon…