Peter McCallum reviews Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth which opened in Sydney last Saturday. (NB the singers are not correctly identified in the image).
Murray Black’s thoughts on Opera Australia’s Lakme for The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/matthews-shines-as-lakme/story-fn9d31nx-1226134510311
A new Channel 4 (UK) documentary called Addicts’ Symphony to screen at the end of the month, looks a the lives of musicians whose lives have been disrupted by the misuse of drugs. Click here to read the feature in The Guardian.
For the third consecutive year, the city of New York has been dotted with 88 pianos (equalling the number of keys on a piano), offering anyone who is taken by the urge, to sit down and tickle the ivories. An initiative of Sing for Hope, a not for profit organisation, the pianos will be moved…
The impossible to define and prodigiously talented pianist Sally Whitwell has defied all predictions with the success of her cutting edge CD “Mad Rush” – the solo piano works of Philip Glass. (See our feature and audio of an interview with Sally Whitwell). “Mad Rush” entered the top 5 of the Aria Classical charts and has stayed…
Music from the world of two iconic artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is soon to be released on CD and digital by ABC Classics. The release coincides with an exhibition of the works of these inextricably linked artists, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. From the traditional mariachi of Mexico to the…
The Offering is a new album release from the Flinders Quartet and pianist Benjamin Martin. Flinders Quartet is one of Australia’s most poplar and highly respected chamber music ensembles. One of its aims is to further the development of Australian chamber music by commissioning and premiering new works by Australian composers: all four pieces on this disc…
Kathryn Selby, AM presents A Final Offering, a spectacular performance with an elite ensemble of musical friends to round out her 2020 Season online, on demand, from Friday 6 November. Sydney’s magnificent City Recital Hall is again the venue for this exciting, high-quality filmed-live concert, with special features. It replaces the planned live November…