‘The hallmarks of excellence from beginning to end” says the Sydney Morning Herald’s reviewer, David Vance.
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Simon Boccanegra – Giuseppe Verdi Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 26 July 2016 Author: Larry Turner for SoundsLikeSydney© Opera Australia’s current staging of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra first appeared in 2000 as part of the Olympic Arts Festival. It has been revived by the company’s Senior Resident Director, Matthew Barclay, in…
Seraphim Trio: Helen Ayres (violin), Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Tim Nankervis (cello) With Jacqui Cronin (viola), David Campbell (double bass) 10-11 September 2016, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney Written by Larry Turner The Seraphim Trio has nominated 2016 as ‘our year of total immersion in Schubert’. This culminated in a splendid weekend when they presented…
Soprano Jane Sheldon is a well respected and popular exponent of two broad styles of music at opposite ends of the timeline – Baroque and early music and, ‘New’ music. Her latest venture a CD with the title North + South (Phosphor Records PR 0001), released earlier this month, demonstrates her mastery of yet another style. North + South is a…
Angela Hewitt Music Viva City Recital Hall, May 8, 2017 In August 2016 Angela Hewitt embarked on a Bach Odyssey. Her mission was to perform all the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach over 4 years, in a series of 12 recitals. Daniel Barenboim performed the piano works of Beethoven and Eliot Gardiner with his…
Carmina Burana Sydney Chamber Choir, NSW Public Schools Senior Singers Wei Jiang, Megan Cronin, Belinda Montgomery – sopranos/ Miguel Iglesias – tenor/ Alexander Knight – baritone Splash Percussion/ Chris Cartner and Katherine Day – pianos Richard Gill – conductor Saturday, 19 March, 2016 City Recital Hall, Sydney In recent years the reach of the Sydney Chamber Choir’s…
The Australian Haydn Ensemble celebrated its tenth anniversary with a with a resplendent performance of Josef Haydn’s 1798 hero oratorio, The Creation, in collaboration with exceptional vocal soloists, an augmented ensemble of period and replica instruments and the Sydney Chamber Choir, all under the direction of Roland Peelman.