The Sydney University Graduate Choir and its Music Director, Christopher Bowen OAM, are delighted to announce a performance of Verdi’s powerful Requiem in the magnificent Sydney Town Hall. This concert will be part of the Choir’s Sydney Sings… series, and will be presented with a large guest chorus drawn from across NSW and a full orchestra of professional musicians…
It’s everything you want opera to be. From its first trembling chromatics, the soloists dazzled, the chorus and orchestra were in fine form, Verdi’s music was impossible to resist and the tale oozed passion and tragedy. Add sumptuous and meticulously detailed costumes, sets and dramatic lighting and there you have the complete package. Opera Australia’s…
Opening tonight in the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House is Opera Australia’s sumptuous production of La Traviata. This revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s vision of Verdi’s enormously popular opera is directed by Roger Press. Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho opens in the role of Violetta Valéry later sung by Lorina Gore and Emma Matthews. …