Emma Moore wins ‘The Mathy’

Congratulations to soprano Emma Moore from New South who has won the 2011 Marianne Mathy Award. More at:

Congratulations to soprano Emma Moore from New South who has won the 2011 Marianne Mathy Award. More at:
” I must be crazy!” exclaims Sally Whitwell. Perhaps she is… just a little bit. More to the point, she’s bursting with creativity and it’s this energy that she has channelled into her latest venture – a new musical production called Cog in the Machine for which Sally has written both the libretto and the…
….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…
Being a conductor has got to be one of the strangest of jobs! In the cascade of music that the audience comes to hear, the conductor makes not one sound; he touches no instrument. The audience doesn’t even witness the emotions of the maestro/maestra at work and indeed, some gestures may even be completely obscured. Tom Service…
A fabulous concert from Pinchgut Opera, Splendour of Venice is available to watch online. Scheduled for live performance last weekend, the concert was recorded in 2019 and is conducted from the chamber organ by Pinchgut’s Artistic Director Erin Helyard. Splendour of Venice features a vocal ensemble of 9 with 8 instrumentalists performing Renaissance gems by…
The celebrated Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has released a new double album From Afar on the Deutsche Grammophon label, described as a “window into his musical life story.”
Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera Erin Helyard has written his debut book, Clementi and the woman at the piano.