Faust Image Gallery
Opening tonight at the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre – Opera Australia’s production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by David McVicar.
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Images courtesy Opera Australia
Opening tonight at the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre – Opera Australia’s production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by David McVicar.
Check out these images – scroll down to see all eight.
Images courtesy Opera Australia
Soprano Michelle Ryan, winner of the 2019 German-Australian Opera Grant was to have travelled to Wiesbaden, Germany, in June this year, as her prize, to train and perform with the Hessisches Staatstheater. The COVID-19 pandemic placed a cruel stop to these plans and Michelle is patiently biding her time until she can travel to Wiesbaden,…
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Eight finalists announced for the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship. These emerging singers will perform with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the hope of securing their part of the $70,000 on offer for professional development. The 2018 Finalists are: Shikara Ringdahl – Soprano (Brisbane, QLD) Olivia Cranwell – Soprano (Waterloo, NSW) Joshua Oxley – Tenor (Lane Cove,…
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It is a dilemma that faces any musician curating a programme for a concert or a recording – what to programme with a work that is so iconic that there is a risk of eclipsing whatever else is presented with it? The Cello Concerto in E minor opus 85, by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is…
Like conducting, classical music composition has been a field of endeavour where few women have achieved fame. This feature from BBC Culture nominates 10 women composers of note through the centuries. We can can make a few suggestions – Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Kaija Saariaho, Elena Kats-Chernin, Rachel Portman, Barbara Strozzi, Elisabeth Lutyens, Anne Boyd, Rosalind Page, Liza…