National Review of Opera Companies Announced
Funding of $32 million for the nation’s opera companies is to come under the scrutiny of a three person panel.
Read the feature in The Australian
Funding of $32 million for the nation’s opera companies is to come under the scrutiny of a three person panel.
Read the feature in The Australian
Adelaide Festival’s blockbuster opera centrepiece for 2021 is Benjamin Britten’s fantasy opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This highly anticipated production will be directed by Neil Armfield and make its Australian debut with an exclusive season at the Adelaide Festival. Leading an outstanding cast of international and Australian singers is award-winning American countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen singing…
Guitarists Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi are two of the hottest young performers in Sydney’s classical guitar scene. Today their debut album Alchemy is released on and digital on the ABC Classic label Alchemy, takes us on a journey through the ages and around the world, with classics by Debussy, Rameau, Piazzolla, Albéniz, Falla and…
The new double CD recording of Sappho by Peggy Glanville-Hicks will be available for sale from mid-November. It features soprano Deborah Polaski, tenors Martin Homrich and Scott MacAllister, baritone Roman Trekel, bass-baritone Wolfgang Koch bass & John Tomlinson., with the Orquestra Gulbenkian and Coro Gulbenkian conducted by Jennifer Condon. Read our 2 part interview with Jennifer Condon: Part 1 Part…
The Sydney Eisteddfod announces the launch of Stage At Home, created so that the talent of the 2020 Festival can be showcased and enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Entries are open and will be accepted until July 29. Videos will be uploaded until July 31. The Sydney Eisteddfod invites eveyone in their…
What: R. Wagner – Das Rheingold, Part One of The Ring of the Nibelung When: Sunday 7 February 2021, 4 pm AEST Where: Melbourne Digital Concert Hall/ Regent Theatre, Melbourne Who: Melbourne Opera Melbourne Opera proudly presents a brand new production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold – Part One of The Ring of the Nibelung. This…
All Things Majestic wins again for the 2018 Best Classical Compendium: Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer Other nominees: Barbara — Alexandre Tharaud; Cécile Lenoir, producer Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble & Choir — Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Guido Tichelman, producer Les Routes De L’Esclavage —…