Costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel, set designer Charles Edwards and lighting designer Paule Constable realised by Catherine Alexander bring to life Gounod’s grand opera Faust for Opera Australia. Soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Ivan Magri and bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes create a formidable trio of soloists with a luxury cast of supporting soloists, the Australian Opera Chorus, the Australian Opera Orchestra, dancers and actors. The opera’s last run in Sydney in 2015 was so popular that an extra performance was added. Scroll down to see all 6 images from the production. which runs at the Sydney Opera House on selected evenings with one matinee, until March 11.
Sydney is buzzing with the 90 musicians of the Australian World Orchestra about to blitz the stage this weekend. All of them have, at some point in their career called Australia home. They now work with elite ensembles all around the world. Rehearsals have been full swing and in amongst the orchestral glitterati, are four…
Governments take note! Parents take heart! Those hours of music practice, of driving children to music lessons, rehearsals and concerts – not to mention the cost – are well worth the effort! The study, undertaken by the University of Sydney and the Australia Council for the Arts and published in the Journal of Educational Psychology shows…
Alexander Pereira, the Austrian director of the Salzburg festival has been appointed General Manager of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He will work with the Music Director Daniel Barenboim at the historic opera house which was inaugurated in 1778. The incumbent GM, Stéphane Lissner, appointed in 2005, will take over the Paris Opera in 2015. La Scala boasts…
The 2019 Sydney Eisteddfod is coming to its climax with the major finals in several categories to be held in the coming weeks. Starting with the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (35 and under) on 4 August, these Principal Events finals include the Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Scholarship (9 August) and the Ballet Scholarship 25 (August). Venues…
Musica Viva Australia today announced that Hywel Sims has been appointed CEO, while Anne Frankenberg will step into the newly created, Melbourne-based role of Deputy Chief Executive. Hywel Sims has been an integral member of Musica Viva’s senior management since 2014, initially as Director of Development and currently as General Manager, Victoria. The new role of Deputy…