‘The Magic Flute’: Picture Gallery
Scroll down to see these vibrant images from Opera Australia’s 2014 production of The Magic Flute. (9 images)
Courtesy Opera Australia. Images Branco Gaica.
Scroll down to see these vibrant images from Opera Australia’s 2014 production of The Magic Flute. (9 images)
Courtesy Opera Australia. Images Branco Gaica.
Ten young singers have been chosen from entrants around Australia and New Zealand to compete in the semi-finals of the 2023 IFAC Australian Singing Competition.
Thirty-two brilliant young pianists have gathered in Sydney to participate in the final rounds of the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, to be held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Sydney Opera House from the 6th – 23rd July 2016. The finalists include three Australian pianists and others from countries which include Russia, China,…
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The Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital dazzled Sydney audiences when he made his debut with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in 2014. Avital’s virtuosity and the unusual sound of the mandolin with the period instruments of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – including the rarely heard lirone – had audiences enthralled. This extraordinary performance has been captured in…
Talks at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have finally resolved the disagreements between workers and management, clearing the way for the opening of the 2014/15 season in September – a new production of The Marriage of Figaro conducted by James Levine. Read the article from the New York Times
The late neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with Alzheimer’s who had little recollection of his life, but who remembered the baritone part to almost every song he had ever sung. “Music,” said Sacks, “was one of the only things that kept him grounded…” For many who were immersed in music during school years, entry…