American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard has been awarded a major opera prize, the Richard Tucker Award. The native New Yorker is a graduate of the Juilliard School and has won many awards including the Beverly Sills Award in 2011. She married bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes in 2008.
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Check out this very entertaining feature from smh.tv – Opera Australia’s production of La Boheme goes on a regional tour: http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/outback-opera/outback-opera-20111118-1nmzi.html?rand=1321745380422
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons have charmed their audiences in Sydney with superlative skill. Regarded as one of the best conductors in the world, Jansons has been dogged by health problems in recent years, shadowed by the death of his father who suffered a heart attack whilst on the podium. He is fitted with…
London’s Wigmore Hall On Demand Autumn Series has a rich offering of concerts online. All concerts in the Autumn Series will be available on demand for 30 days after the date of the concert. Log in or create an account on their website to access live streams and their video library. As ticketing income is minimal…
On a new digital recording released last week, pianist Jayson Gillham plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Recorded during a live performance in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in October 2016, it was Gillham’s debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and came as part of a…
Ever wished homicide on the audience member who leaps to his feet (and it’s usually a ‘he’) shouting “Bravo!!!” even before the sounds of the music have died away?! It can ruin those moments of silence when a final chord can hang in the air, or the precious silence during which you simply want to be alone…
A second Grammy for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s album Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio with its win for Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra). The recording also won the Grammy for Best Classical Recording. Other nominees: Danielpour: Songs Of Solitude & War Songs — Gary Call, engineer (Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo…