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In our recent Q and A with mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby, she talked about her upcoming roles as Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi for the Chelsea Opera Group and as the Voice from Above in Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Read the glowing reviews of her performances as…
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The music of Christmas comes to life on this album from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus with pianist and conductor Bramwell Tovey. The orchestra is joined by a 100-voice choir in a performance of favourite festive tunes for a very special symphonic Christmas. Available from today on CD and in…
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Elena Kats-Chernin says she has been told she can write no more works for String Quartet. She displays a mischievous pleasure at my alarm. The Sydney composer has recently released a recorded collection of her ‘complete’ works for string quartet, entitled Blue Silence. ‘Complete’ to date, and therefore the end of a chapter. “But it’s only the…
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Verdi and Wagner. Born in the same year each took opera to unprecedented levels in keeping with their national identities. There the similarities grind to a very definite end. Thames and Hudson has recently published a book on the lives and works of these giants of music drama. The author, Tasmanian born Peter Conrad, taught English Literature at…