Trio Dali reviewed

…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald

…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald
Intrepid Voyagers Sydney Youth Orchestra Verbrugghen Hall, The Sydney Conservatorium of Music April 2, 2017 Written by Deen Hamaker There is a constant undercurrent of commentary on the future of classical music and whether it can survive into the future as our attention spans shorten and audiences drift away from traditional art forms. In the…
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something that rises rapidly” or “a wave of emotion”. It’s fair to say that any and all of these describe the music of this ensemble. Arrebato release their second CD “Absolucion” in June 2011….
The Magic Flute – W A Mozart, Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder. Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House January 10th 2014. Coinciding with the numerology of Mozart’s 1791 singspiel, there are three pillars of wisdom to be accepted in appreciating this production of The Magic Flute. First, it is sung in English not in…
I cannot recall a more highly anticipated performance. Jonas Kaufmann, demigod of the opera world was about take to the stage of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, making his debut in the title role of Verdi’s Otello. And I was in the stalls. There was a sense of disbelief to the occasion. After a…
Deborah Humble in Recital, Glebe Town Hall, Glebe, Sydney November 11, 2016 Written by Deen Hamaker On a very warm spring evening in Glebe we were given an absolute treat of a recital. It is such a joy to be able to hear a magnificent operatic voice in an intimate space and this was indeed…
Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner Melbourne Opera/Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Livestream, Sunday 4 February 2021. Melbourne Opera’s recent presentation of Das Rheingold, broadcast on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall featured an outstanding team of cast and creatives, delivering an eloquent realisation of the first of Wagner’s quartet of operas that comprise The Ring of the Nibelung. This…