Chamber ensemble Resonance launches its 2014 season with a sumptuous programme of romantic masterpieces to celebrate St Valentine’s Day. Opera star Margaret Plummer, mezzo-soprano, joins pianist Chris Cartner for an hour of enchanting highlights from the worlds of opera and song. In the programme: Bizet: Habanera (from ‘Carmen’) Berlioz: Le Spectre de la Rose Mozart: Voi…
Creative Director of Harbour City Opera Sarah Ann Walker talks about why she is forming a new company and announces that Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ is in the line -up for 2014. Sarah Ann Walker admits that she hasn’t slept properly in 7 months. The cause of this insomnia is that she is in the throes of…
Sydney has a new opera company! With a name that reflects Sydney’s brilliant waterfront location and sophistication, Harbour City Opera has been founded to provide opportunities for the many talented emerging and established professionals on stage and behind the scenes to perform fully staged roles in exquisite, well produced operas. For their opening offering, Harbour City Opera is…