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:
More reasons to celebrate Rossini’s birth anniversary: Petite Messe Solennelle conducted by Riccardo Chailly Joyce DiDonato performing “Tanti affetti”, from Donna del Lago. William Tell Overture Riccardo Muti conducts the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.
Peter McCallum reviews Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth which opened in Sydney last Saturday. (NB the singers are not correctly identified in the image). http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/something-wicked-this-way-comes-and-it-is-sure-to-thrill-audiences-20110911-1k407.html Murray Black’s thoughts on Opera Australia’s Lakme for The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/matthews-shines-as-lakme/story-fn9d31nx-1226134510311
Sydney Youth Orchestras in conjunction with Create NSW Sydney Youth Orchestras announces that the inaugural winner of the Conductor NSW Orchestral (Early Career) Fellowship is Mr Leonard Weiss.
Steve Reich is in Sydney! He talks to Matthew Westwood from The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/steve-reichs-sounds-dont-scratch-the-surface/story-e6frg8n6-1226337506454
Australian piano technicians are querying why their services were overlooked in preparing pianos for Evgeny Kissin’s tour of the eastern capitals. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/outsider-strikes-sour-note-with-local-piano-tuners/story-fn9d2mxu-1226142155036
Arts NSW has announced far-reaching plans for the arts precinct at Sydney’s Walsh Bay, which promises to “more than double the arts offerings at Walsh Bay”. In the pipeline are upgrades of existing facilities as well as new ones which include 2 new performance venues, bars and cafés, outdoor seating and connecting the upper…