Chitty Chitty Bang Bang reviewed
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the musical from the book written by the alter-ego of Ian (James Bond) Fleming. The musical starring David Hobson opened in Sydney last week. John McCallum reviews the show:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the musical from the book written by the alter-ego of Ian (James Bond) Fleming. The musical starring David Hobson opened in Sydney last week. John McCallum reviews the show:
Opera Australia’s new production of Puccini’s Tosca was premiered on 6 July, just three years after they launched their previous new production. That 2010 production was widely regarded as a dramatic disaster – a travesty which completely reinvented the work so that it bore only a passing resemblance to the plot for which Puccini wrote…
Die tote Stadt, opus 12 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Opera in 3 acts with to a libretto by Paul Schott (Julius and E. W. Korngold) after Georges Rodenbach’s novel Bruges la morte. Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House June 30th 2012 It is a fortuitous collision of talent to have an opera composed by a prolific writer of cinematic music, directed by an Oscar…
In a program that celebrates hope and renewal, the Choir of St James presented music that ascends the heights from through a wide range of choral music from the 1500s to the current day in this superbly curated concert.
Opera Australia: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold Arts Centre Melbourne/18 November 2013 ***** There was certainly a buzz of excited anticipation as opera lovers mingled with the glitterati for the unveiling of Opera Australia’s first Ring Cycle – the monumental work that is said to mark the coming of age of an opera…
Twilight Musical Dialogues – Musical Kin – Husband and Wife Sally Walker (flute and artistic director), Clemens Leske (piano), Ami Williamson (singer-songwriter), Naomi Blanch (saxophone), Alexander Quayle (percussion) Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle 21 June 2019 Written by Andrew Chubb Twilight Musical Dialogues’ concert “Musical Kin – Husband and Wife”, featured works by composers linked not…
‘The hallmarks of excellence from beginning to end” says the Sydney Morning Herald’s reviewer, David Vance. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/aural-delight-from-start-to-finish-20120513-1ykv1.html