Farewell Trioz
The farewell tour by Trioz is underway.
The farewell tour by Trioz is underway.
It is well worth getting to the Joan Sutherland Theatre a little ahead of the performance of Verdi’s Luisa Miller to contemplate the diorama that presages the production. In stark tones of black and white, the scene is one of formulaic domestic bliss. Could that be a bust of Verdi smiling benignly down on the…
A Royal Affair Sydney Chamber Choir/ The Muffat Collective Great Hall, Sydney University, 1 June 2019 It was a splendid liaison between music and history when the Sydney Chamber Choir presented A Royal Affair, conducted by newly appointed Music Director, Sam Allchurch. If not for royal patronage, Europe’s rich repository of music would be a…
The Company We Keep, Acacia Quartet, The Australian Hall, Sydney November 6, 2014 Stepping away from the peak hour bustle on Sydney’s Elizabeth Street, the hidden gem that is the Australian Hall hosted the Acacia Quartet’s programme The Company We Keep, featuring music by Gershwin, Glass, Kreisler and Brisbane born, Hollywood based composer Joe Twist….
Our friends in Newcastle have been busy with a concert series curated by Sally Walker. David Banney tells us what he thought. Twilight Musical Dialogues –Russia Adamstown Uniting Church (Newcastle) June 23, 2017 Sally Walker (flute)/ Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)/ Elena Kats-Chernin (composer, narrator)/ Youth Cameo: Zachary Yoshinaga Donoghoe (clarinet) Sally Walker’s Twilight Musical Dialogues have been an innovative…
It was a night of powerful singing and strong dramatic performances when John Bell’s production of Puccini’s Tosca for Opera Australia under revival director Roger Press, opened its third Sydney season last week. Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta was a compelling Tosca and Romanian tenor Teodor Ilincăi, a fine Cavaradossi. However, it was Lucio Gallo who…
La Bohème – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia 4 January 2014 Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. When is an operatic first night not a first night? Well, for Opera Australia, it’s when Puccini’s La Bohème opens the Sydney summer season just four days after the New Year’s Eve Gala performance of the same…