Faust Image Gallery
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
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
Rachel Scott, cellist, creator and curator of the Bach in the Dark concert series writes of news about a new CD Little Birds: “Excitement is building here at Bach in the Dark headquarters as Little Birds is nearing completion. In January, accordion virtuoso Anthony Schulz and I met in Melbourne and recorded all our…
Lisa Batiashvili’s new album for Deutsche Grammophon Secret Love Letters, is themed around complicated and tantalising love affiars and features music by Chausson, Debussy, Franck and Szymanowski. She performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the youngest knight ever created? And what did the adult knights think of the appointment?! Today’s The Australian reports on Vatican documents dating back to 1770 in which Pope Clement XIV awarded Mozart the Chivalric Order of the Golden Spur. More at… http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-sweetest-sound-why-the-pope-gave-mozart-a-knighthood/story-e6frg6so-1226115068917
In her September series of ‘ Bach in the Dark’ concerts, cellist Rachel Scott has teamed up with Rachel Tolmie playing the cor anglais. (See our post on ‘Bach in the Dark’ for concert dates and venues). Admittedly there isn’t much in the repertoire for this unusual pairing of string and wind so the musicians have…
The unique operatic heritage of two of Australia’s greatest icons, Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge will be celebrated and preserved for posterity in a limited release collection from Universal Music in association with the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonyge Foundation. Only 90 copies have been produced of this deluxe limited edition exclusive to the…
Sydney Eisteddfod is taking 17 contenders through to Round 2 of its Crowd Favourites competition, after which 8 finalists will be revealed. Voting closes at midnight on Wednesday 14 October. The contenders in this round are: The Longest Time – Edward Langford/ A Quiet Thing – Siobhan Lynch/ Rescue – Brooke Henderson Dance Studios/ Piano Trio in D…