‘Love, class and politics’ – The Marriage of Figaro
The Australian’s Matthew Westwood previews Opera Australia’s current new production of The Marriage of Figaro:
At the Sydney Opera House till March 24th.
The Australian’s Matthew Westwood previews Opera Australia’s current new production of The Marriage of Figaro:
At the Sydney Opera House till March 24th.
Pianist Angela Hewitt has been awarded the Wigmore Medal in recognition of her international standing and contribution to Wigmore Hall, over the course of more than 80 performances since her debut there in 1985. The presentation was made on stage at Wigmore Hall after her Special Broadcast Recital on June 25. Ms. Hewitt had been…
Super-star soprano soprano Renée Fleming joins forces with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the piano in this new release on the Decca label. Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene Exploring the relationship Romantic composers had with nature through song, the tracklist incudes the music of Fauré, Hahn, Grieg, Liszt, and the world premiere of a work by Nico Muhly. …
New York’s Metropolitan Opera announces Met Stars Live in Concert, a new series of 12 pay-per-view concerts featuring opera’s most extraordinary voices, streamed live from striking locations across Europe and the United States. While the Metropolitan Opera House remains dark because of the ongoing health crisis, Met Stars Live in Concert will allow audiences to…
It was like trying to keep up with two fine young colts let loose to play after training. Jeffrey Thomson and Hadleigh Adams are in Sydney to sing the twin male leads in Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s Castor and Pollux, which is to hit the boards at the City Rectal Hall under the auspices of Pinchgut Opera,…
“Because we live in a culture…… where visual stimuli are in the ascendant, sometimes at the cost of sound. Sound is no longer enough…… that music is a worthy pursuit in and of itself is…..being casually dismissed. Classical music now must aspire to offer spectacle – whether a particular piece can take it or not….
Utzon Music 2023 will feature 11 performances by international and Australian artists in the intimate Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House.