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Opera Australia has announced that Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen will conduct the Melbourne production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ later this year. Here’s the full statement issued earlier today: “Opera Australia has appointed the outstanding young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen as the new conductor for The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013. Mr Inkinen will join Opera Australia at…
Orchestra Victoria, the Melbourne based orchestra scheduled to play for the Melbourne Ring Cycle and which plays for the Australian Ballet, Opera Australia and the Victorian Opera, is under review. The Australian reports: Click here to read.
With orchestras and opera companies around the world facing an uncertain future, this feature from the New Statesman argues that in London at least, the marketing of classical music events, especially opera, is flawed. It says the selling of opera is too often “conceived by people who already love the art form for people who already love the art…
It’s not the first time that Chopin’s music has been appropriated for dance. In 1909, Glazunov orchestrated the music of Chopin with choreography by Fokine and created the short non-narrative ballet Les Sylphides. In 2012, pianist Lang-Lang has collaborated with Dubstepper Marquese “Nonstop” Scott to create a performance that combines Chopin’s Etude Op 25 No 12,…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir under Artistic Director Paul Dyer AO, have released a recording of their popular annual Noël! Noël! Christmas concert. This release was recorded live at St Francis of Assisi Church, Paddington NSW in December 2016 and is a Christmas celebration like only the charismatic Paul Dyer and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir…
Check out these eight costume designs from Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s production of Verdi’s Aida. Sopranos Latonia Moore and Daria Masiero will share the role of Aida. Directed by Gale Edwards with costume and set design by Mark Thompson, Aida will run from 27 March to 26 April 2015. All images are by courtesy of Opera Australia. …