Talks at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have finally resolved the disagreements between workers and management, clearing the way for the opening of the 2014/15 season in September – a new production of The Marriage of Figaro conducted by James Levine.
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Clear Music’s Deals of the Day for the week commencing Tuesday April 14. Shipping within Australia is free. Tuesday: Debussy: Images Bks 1 and 2, A$28.50 each, Bärenreiter Urtext Debussy: Easy Piano Pieces and Dances, A$34.00 Bärenreiter Wednesday Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1 (Violin/Piano) A$33.00, Violin Concerto No.2 (Violin/Piano) A$36.00, Violin Concerto No.3 (Violin/Piano) A$33.00, Mozart: Violin…
One of the world’s leading clarinetists, Andreas Ottensamer is joined by one of the world’s leading pianists, Yuja Wang in a new release from Deutsche Grammophon, out today. The album, Blue Hour contains beautiful and deeply emotional pieces by Brahms and Mendelssohn and the virtuosic Grand Duo and Concerto by Weber. This is the debut chamber music…
Jacqui Dark and Kanen Breen are two of the most popular opera starts with Opera Australia. Behind the scenes they are firm friends and together bring up 1 year Alexander. This is a no holds barred story which is touching as well as ridiculously funny and barefacedly honest. “He offered to co-parent; I didn’t have…
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…
Violinist Nicola Benedetti speaks out against the use of sex to sell classical albums. “Classical music can be prouder of its integrity than many industries. People are basically chosen for their ability – though I concede that we still lag behind when it comes to conductors” she says in The Times. Read the feature published in…
The crisis in the Eurozone has its impact on funding for cultural activities. Matthew Westwood writes in The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/europes-spreading-culture-of-austerity/story-e6frg8n6-1226757588437