Outgoing Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir, AD CVO has been a familiar figure at concerts and other arts events around Sydney. Appointed in March 2001 as the state’s first female governor, she will retire on 1 October 2014 after her term as the second longest-serving governor of NSW. The…
In recording this live performance of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem(A German Requiem) opus 45 in July 2013, the Choir of St James’ King Street directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones ventures into repertoire we would not often hear from this fine ensemble, whose focus leans towards music from both earlier and more recent times. For many…
Carmen G Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée’s novel (1845). Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, February 3rd, 2014. According to operabase.com Bizet’s Carmen ( 1873 – 4) was the second most frequently performed opera, during the worldwide 2013-14 season, with 477 performances, coming second to La traviata (577 performances). Opera…