Avi Avital Image Gallery
Scroll down to see all 6 images of Avi Avital’s sensational opening night concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Images courtesy of Steven Godbee Publicity and Photography.
Scroll down to see all 6 images of Avi Avital’s sensational opening night concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Images courtesy of Steven Godbee Publicity and Photography.
Sydney presented opera on the harbour. Now German soprano Claudia Herr presents the world premiere of her vocal work under the waters of the river Elbe in Dresden. The performance commemorates the devastating floods that hit Saxony 10 years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19215589 http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/P__Wash/2012/08/09ElbeOpera.html
In an interview on radio some years ago, Adrian Collette, then CEO of Opera Australia (OA) was challenged with the assertion that opera was an art form for the elite. He countered ably, with the observation that the only thing elite about opera was the training undergone by its practitioners. Claims of elitism in the…
In its 2014-15 round of grants, the Australia-India Council Grants Program, under the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has awarded Opera Australia $50,000 to take ‘Shane Warne the Musical’ on a tour of India. The grants are aimed at “innovative projects that foster deeper people-to-people and institutional links between Australia and…
Readers will be familiar with numerous studies claiming the physical and psychological benefits of participating in musical activities. The pressures of being a solo performer in the public eye are anything but calming. Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix – rock stars who died young weren’t the only ones. In classical music, Pergolesi,…
2021 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition is calling for entrants, with the exciting news that the heats, semi-finals and finals concerts will be performed live. Heats are held for eligible entrants around Australia, in New Zealand, and in London. In 2021, heats will only be held in Australia. Entrants have the chance to perform on…
Simon Boccanegra,Verdi’s masterful tale of intrigue is on at the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. It was last performed here in 2000. Take a look at the dramatic images from Opera Australia’s revival of this rarely performed masterpiece. Scroll down to see all seven images. Click here to read our review from…