Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returns in 2017 with a reprise of Bizet’s Carmen first seen on the harbour in 2013. The production will run from March 24 to April 23, 2017.
Produced by Gale Edwards, the sets are designed by Brian Thomson and costumes by Julie Lynch.
The cast for this production has yet to be announced.
Tickets for the general public go on sale on June 2, 2016 via Opera Australia and Ticketmaster.
Declared “a resounding triumph”, George Palmer’s new operatic adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel Cloudstreet, produced by the State Opera of South Australia, had the audience rising to its feet. Read the review.
To enter the draw for a copy of this new release by soprano Greta Bradman and Sony, email Info@soundslikesydney.com.au with ‘Grace” in the subject heading by 5 pm om Friday 2nd September. Check out our interview with Bradman and the video (link on our Videos page) to hear the CD being recorded. Tracks on the CD include Sibelius Be Still…
An engaging new work by Sydney based Australian composer Andrew Schultz has been included on a recently released album, Winter’s Warmth, by the American label, Navona. Schultz’s Falling Man, Dancing Man (opus 68) is a three-movement concerto for orchestra and solo pipe organ. It was commissioned by Symphony Australia and written and premiered in 2005…
Nimrod Borenstein (b 1969) is a composer whose music is increasingly grabbing attention – especially that of Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will conduct two of his works in 2013, one in Leicester in February (The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe, Op 52) and the other in June at the Royal Festival Hall (If you…
The influence of Peter Sculthorpe on Australian music in the 20th and 21st centuries is beyond measure. The Goldner Quartet aims to document at least some of the essence of this great life and great talent in a new documentary. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/four-score-and-19-political-quartets-later-20120424-1xj20.html
This is a perceptive and compelling article on the impact of internet streaming services on creativity and the livelihood of artists. The writer, David Byrne is a founding member and principal songwriter of Talking Heads. Born in Scotland he lives in the US and warns that disseminating art via the internet – be it literature, music or…