Kissin’s Australian debut
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance.
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance.
Check out this very entertaining feature from smh.tv – Opera Australia’s production of La Boheme goes on a regional tour: http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/outback-opera/outback-opera-20111118-1nmzi.html?rand=1321745380422
Cellist Anna Martin-Scrase talks about her life-like miniature creations.
In an exciting new collaboration, Pinchgut Opera joins forces with Opera Australia for their Sydney Opera House debut in a pioneering and inventive move which restores baroque performance to the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre.
Connor D’Netto (Qld) and Maria Grenfell (Tas) are the recipients of The Australian Music Centre’s MOMENTUM Commissions. Each composer receives $2,500 towards the commission of a proposed work. Artists were called to propose a new work for a small chamber ensemble and voice, inspired by nature and the Australian environment. Connor D’Netto’s proposed work will explore…
The British composer Sir John Tavener has died aged 69. Tavener is well remembered for his ethereal Song for Athene and the unaccompanied four-part choral setting of William Blake’s The Lamb. Many of his works had a religious theme and were infused with ideas from the ancient classics. At school in London, he was a contemporary…
Japanese soprano Hiromi Omura returns to the Sydney Opera House to perform the title role in five extra performances of Opera Australia’s production of Madama Butterfly in 2015. Ms Omura was an impressive ‘Butterfly’ when she first sang the role in Sydney in Moffatt Oxenbould ‘s 2012 production. She returned in 2013 to sing the role…