Don Giovanni Picture Gallery

Don Giovanni Picture Gallery

A brand new production of Don Giovanni hits the board tomorrow night in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Opera Australia has recruited Glaswegian opera and theatre director Sir David McVicar to create this staging. Teddy Tahu Rhodes will again sing the role of  ‘the Don’. Accustomed as we are to seeing him clad…

Review: Otello/Opera Australia

Review: Otello/Opera Australia

Otello Opera in 4 acts by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Arrigo Boito, The Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Opera Australia, Saturday July 5, 2014. With a few strategic sweeps of his baton, conductor Christian Badea unleashed the full force of the Opera Australia orchestra and chorus, igniting the slow burning fuse of the opera…

CD Review: Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, The Choir of St James’ King Street

CD Review: Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, The Choir of St James’ King Street

  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…