Vale Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and a world authority on early music, has died after ill health caused him to retire from public performance just last month.
Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and a world authority on early music, has died after ill health caused him to retire from public performance just last month.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Short+Sweet Voices Heats and Gala Final scheduled for April 3- 15 2016, have been regretfully postponed. However, there will be an inaugural workshop on Sunday 3 April from 10am-5pm at The Concourse Rooms, entry via Concourse Stage Door, Anderson Street, Chatswood, where the Choir Man himself, Dr Jonathon Welch AM will be Guest Artist. Workshop…
Opening tonight at the Sydney Opera House! Tchaikovsky’s tale of unrequited love Eugene Onegin, from Opera Australia, directed by Kasper Holten. Here’s a taste of what to expect – scroll down to see all 5 images. (Images by Lisa Tomasetti, courtesy Opera Australia)
If you would like to be in the running to win one double pass to this thrilling evening of music, song, dance and martial arts, celebrating the Year of the Rat, on January 28. email [email protected] by 5 pm on Friday 17 January, 2020 with Year of the Rat in the subject heading. We will…
Natalie Aroyan, soprano and Principal Artist with Opera Australia has been awarded the prestigious Harding Miller Foundation Opera Scholarship 2019, receiving the sum of $30,000 over two years to support study and travel in Australia or overseas. Opera lovers will be familiar with Aroyan’s engaging performances which include the title role in Aida, Desdemona in Otello, Mimi in La Bohéme, Marguerite in Faust, Amelia…
,One of Australia’s favourite mezzo-sopranos Anna Dowsley is reveling in the challenge of not one, but two new roles, with the added twist of being away from her home city of Sydney. Late in 2019, Dowsley and her partner, tenor Jonathan Abernethy relocated to Frankfurt, Germany. He, as a new member of the ensemble with…
Dr Rowena Cowley, is a senior lecturer in voice and opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and President of the Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is also a friend of Sounds Like Sydney. She voices her thoughts on the hit Channel 9 star seeker show – The Voice: http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=6&newsstoryid=9139C