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Understanding Wagner’s ‘Ring’
Immerse yourself in Wagner with a weekend workshop conducted by Dr Antony Ernst. The Wagner Society of NSW continues its commemorations of the bicentenary of Wagner’s birth (and the 130th annoversary of his death) with this exceptional series of lectures, which will also prepare you for the Melbourne performances of ‘The Ring’ later in 2013….
Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera From Operantics
Operantics presents Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera (The Disguised Gardener), a comedy of errors with all the mistaken identities and love triangle that make Mozart’s operatic comedies so much fun to watch. Cast Sandrina – Sarah Ampil/ Il Contino Belfiore – Spencer Darby/ Arminda – Pamela Andrews/ Podestà di Lagonera – Nathan Bryon/ Don Ramiro – Rebecca Hart/ Serpetta – Katie Miller-Crispe/ Nardo…
A world premiere of Brahms
Imagine working in radio in 2012, and being able to announce a world premiere by Brahms! This is the privilege that has befallen BBC presenter Tom Service as he brings to the world the very first performance of a recently discovered work for piano Albumlatt for piano in A minor by Johannes Brahms (Hamburg, 1833…
Pacific Opera Performs ‘Vixen’ Under New Direction
Pacific Opera’s production of Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen will be performed under its new Artistic Director Simon Kenway , conducted by Alex Briger, directed by Michael Campbell and performed by Pacific Opera’s cast of outstanding young singers. The opera will be performed with a children’s chorus from Sydney Grammar School and in full symphonic…
Music through September at the Willoughby Spring festival
The Willoughby Spring Festival runs throughout September. For music lovers, the highlights will include concerts by the Vienna Boys’ Choir, the Sydney Symphony, the Northern Sydney Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the students of Chatswood Public School at various venues around the area. However, the month long festival includes a spectrum of entertainment which includes theatre…
The Sirius Chamber Ensemble Presents ‘Voices in Exile’
The Sirius Chamber Ensemble focuses on the music of composers who worked under the communist regimes in the former Soviet Union. Their creativity flourished despite the repressive environment in which they lived and despite heavy censorship, fear of deportation or death, composers in this period produced some of the most profound music of the…