Mozart’s Final Year
The last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart abound in myth and mystery. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer Richard Wigmore unravels the events of Mozart’s final year in Gramophone Magazine.
The last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart abound in myth and mystery. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer Richard Wigmore unravels the events of Mozart’s final year in Gramophone Magazine.
The first ever anthology of Gurrumul’s classics, The Gurrumul Story is set for release on September 10, 2021 by Decca on digital platforms, CD, Deluxe CD+DVD and on vinyl. The Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Gurrumul (1971-2017) grew up on Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku), off the coast of tropical North East Arnhem land in Australia’s Northern Territory. The…
After a global search, Opera Australia has called back one of its own to assume the role of CEO of the flagship company after long-serving CEO, Adrian Collette AM, left at the end of 2012. Late last week, Opera Australia Chairman Ziggy Switkowski, announced the appointment of Craig Hassall as Collette’s successor. He said that Hassall…
Congratulations go to Ex-Sydneysider Dr Carolyn Watson who is amongst six distinguished conductors to be selected to participate in the Dallas Opera’s third annual residency of the Institute for Women Conductors in November this year. She joins conductors from Brazil, France, the USA, USA/Colombia and Poland in this programme which aims to address a dearth of women…
The beloved Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has died after battling a brain tumour for over 2 years. Tributes have been pouring in from all around the opera world mourning the loss of this great talent, gone far too soon. Whilst he returned to the stage after early treatments, he had to withdraw from later performances….
QUIZ: BOOKS INTO MUSIC Test your passion for books, opera, or both! Name these literary pieces and their author and then the operas on which they are based and the composers who wrote them. Good luck! In this novella from 1937, two homeless ranch workers George Milton and Lennie Small, traverse California looking for work…
The Australian World Orchestra is performing again in Sydney. Coinciding with this concert, ABC Classics is releasing its live recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No 8, captured during the orchestra’s 2015 concerts at the Sydney Opera House under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. This performance of Bruckner’s grand Symphony No 8 by the AWO under Sir…