Words then music.
A terrific read on the literary foundations of some of the greatest operas:
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/opera/greatest-stories-set-to-music-20111118-1nmas.html
A terrific read on the literary foundations of some of the greatest operas:
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/opera/greatest-stories-set-to-music-20111118-1nmas.html
” A CD that displays my music making abilities and music that is rare” is how mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell describes her latest project, Love + Loss, a debut solo recording of three cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel. It’s an achievement of which she is justifiably proud. Her performance earned high praise from…
In a long-awaited response to the National Opera Review, chaired by Helen Nugent and released nearly a year ago in October 2016, the federal government has addressed the declining number of Australian opera singers heard on Australian stages by requiring that the nation’s major opera companies employ more Australian singers in an “appropriate balance” or face…
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The next week of free Nightly Opera Streams from The Metropolitan Opera features five powerful Italian dramas—including Lucia di Lammermoor, starring Natalie Dessay as the young bride driven to madness, as well as Dvořák’s haunting fairy tale Rusalka and Wagner’s epic Die Walküre. For more details, cast, notes and other resources and to donate, click…
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/travelling-the-world-in-music-and-lyrics-20110819-1j278.html
“Kontiki Racket”. The name alone arouses curiosity. It’s what new music performers Ensemble Offspring have christened the mini-festival of concerts, talks and mingling this weekend, which will feature three concerts, five world premieres, a panel discussion with global music makers and an industry speed dating session offering one-on-one sessions with mentors. Kontiki Racket showcases thirteen…