Anne Sofie von Otter review….
Murray Black of “The Australian” reviews Anne Sofie von Otter’s Sydney concerts:
Murray Black of “The Australian” reviews Anne Sofie von Otter’s Sydney concerts:
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
This week’s complimentary opera performances from the Metropolitan Opera: three operas inspired by Shakespeare—including Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna, two classic archival telecasts and Rossini’s madcap Il Barbiere di Siviglia and a dreamy performance of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, starring Renée Fleming as the Marschallin. Each stream becomes available at 7:30PM…
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 an era of vanishing record shops and digital downloads, the Academy of Ancient Music announces the launch of its own record label: AAM Records. Since its foundation in 1973 the AAM has released over 300 CDs, predominantly on the Decca and Harmonia Mundi labels. Establishing its own flagship label AAM Records, will enable the AAM to take…
A Stradivarius violin valued at £1.2 million and stolen from a London railway station in 2010 was thought to have been recovered. However, things are not what they seem to be as David Ng reports in the Los Angeles Times: Click here to read.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist and conductor turns 80 in July – and to celebrate this milestone Decca is releasing his recording of the six French Suites by J S Bach, complete on a single CD, available on July. 14, 2017 The tracks: JS Bach/ French Suites [1]-[5] Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812 [6]-[11]…