Sumptuous costumes by Jenny Tiramani create a visual feast akin to an oil painting in Sir David McVicar’s 2015 production of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro revived by Opera Australia this month. Scroll down to see all six images.
Deutsche Grammophon has released recordings of Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu, made during various live stages of this contest which was held in Warsaw in October 2021. Born in Paris in 1997 to Chinese parents from Beijing, Liu’s family moved to Montreal when he was six. He began playing the piano aged eight…
Perth-born tenor Louis Hurley has been named as the first Humanity Foundation Taryn Fiebig Scholar.
Arts Minister Simon Crean is to announce a funding increase of 30% which will benefit 6 arts organisations. Matthew Westwood reports in The Australian.
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (ARCO) is looking for a highly skilled, creative and passionate Marketing & Communications Manager. Are you the right person for the job or do you know the perfect candidate? The role will take up 20 hours/week and the successful candidate will work from home. More details at www.arco.org.au/join-our-team Under the…
The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced the six finalists who will continue through to compete in the finals at the Sydney Opera House beginning on July 19 in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. They are: Kenneth Broberg (USA), Moye Chen (China), Andrey Gugnin (Russia), Jianing Kong (China), Oxana Shevchenko (Kazakhstan), Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev (Russia)….
Cellist Sally Maer has released a new album on ABC Classics Cello at the Opera giving a fresh take to operatic classics on the instrument said to be closest to the human voice. Popularly dubbed the ‘Cello Diva’, Maer performs some of opera’s best known arias for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass on the cello with symphony…