The 2013 Sydney Festival!
The 2013 Sydney Festival is launched!!
The 2013 Sydney Festival is launched!!
This week we learnt with sadness of the death of soprano Elizabeth Connell. She thrilled audiences in Sydney and round the world with her voice and her interpretations of the great dramatic roles like Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Elektra. She sang on the most famous stages around the world – Prague, Hamburg, the Royal Opera…
It’s mid June in Sydney, and the cast and creative team of Pinchgut Opera have gathered to commence rehearsals for the winter production of Bajazet, RV 307, (1735), an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi – or is it? Bajazet is strongly enough connected with Vivaldi to be allocated an RV (Ryom-Verzeichnis) number –…
Selby&Friends At Home have added another gem to their You Tube channel. In September 2013, Selby & Friends received a visit from the Concertmaster of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Konovalov. Ilya came for a tour which included an extraordinary performance of Beethoven’s great Kreutzer Sonata. In this video, Ilya perfoms with pianist and founding…
There is a chance for readers of SoundsLikeSydney to win a double pass to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra performance on Monday 10th June, 2013, 7 pm at the Sydney Opera House. Daniel Harding will conduct the orchestra with violinist Christian Tetzlaff the soloist. The programme: DEAN Testament BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 Rhenish. To…
Some early impressions of the set and site design for Madame Butterfly, the 2014 production from Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Scroll down to see all three images. Set Design by Alfons Flores. Images courtesy of Opera Australia
….meantime at London’s Royal Opera in Covent Garden, Australian soprano Nicole Car has won hearts with her portrayal of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Making her Covent Garden debut her performance has been described as “the evening’s most complete performance; her luminous soprano proves ideal for Bizet’s soaring lines and she acts with intelligence and immediacy.” The…