Britten in rehearsal
He was an exacting taskmaster, as this invaluable archival footage demonstrates. Benjamin Britten is seen rehearsing his choral overture The Building of the House for its premiere in 1967.
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He was an exacting taskmaster, as this invaluable archival footage demonstrates. Benjamin Britten is seen rehearsing his choral overture The Building of the House for its premiere in 1967.
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Opera Australia’s 2015 presentation of Puccini’s La Boheme is in full swing with Maija Kovalevska as Mimì and Diego Torre as Rodolfo. The Gale Edwards production is set in 1930’s Berlin. Scroll down to see all 7 images. Images courtesy Opera Australia, by Branco Gaica.
A brand new production of Don Giovanni hits the board tomorrow night in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Opera Australia has recruited Glaswegian opera and theatre director Sir David McVicar to create this staging. Teddy Tahu Rhodes will again sing the role of ‘the Don’. Accustomed as we are to seeing him clad…
Perth-based violinist Shaun Lee-Chen has been appointed Concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for 2016. In announcing the appointment, Paul Dyer, Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra said “Shaun Lee-Chen is one of the most exciting and inspired violinists of his generation. Amongst the world’s emerging baroque violinists, he is one of the players who’ll pave…
Gramophone Magazine has packaged its explorations of all of Beethoven’s symphonies by nine leading international conductors – Norrington, Zinman, Jansons, Vänskä, Gardiner, Iván Fischer, Tilson Thomas, Paavo Järvi and Chailly A terrific chance to gain some understanding of these cornerstones of the symphonic repertoire.
More stunning images from Madama Butterfly, the production for 2014 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour which opens tomorrow night. Scroll down to see all four images. Images by James Morgan, courtesy Opera Australia.
Soprano Siobhan Stagg, Australian-born and based in Europe, has the world at her feet. Her career, like her exquisite voice, has soared, taking her to the opera houses and concert stages of Europe and the UK, with engagements across the Atlantic and numerous returns to sing around Australia. She performs in Romeo Castellucci’s controversial but…