Classic 100 – Voice: 8 CD Set
It’s over for another year – The Classic 100 – ABC Classic FM’s annual survey of listener favourites – which this year, compiled a list of the most popular 100 vocal works as voted in by listeners of ABC Classic FM. Topping the selections was the last movement from Beethoven’s Symphony 9, featuring the Ode to Joy,…
Win Double Passes To IFAC Semi-Final Concert
There are double passes to be given away to the semi-finals of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition on July 3 at 4,30 at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney. You can hear ten gifted singers accompanied by pianist David Harper, as they vie for the conveyed spots in the finals of this prestigious competition. Click…
New Website To Stream Live Opera
The New York Times reports that a new website, The Opera Platform, will begin free live streaming of opera from 15 of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses this weekend. The opera houses include the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Berlin Komische Oper and those in Lyon, Turin and Madrid. This three-way collaboration between Opera Europa, which represents…
Win A Family Pass To Bugs Bunny At The Symphony II
Perfect for entertaining children, grandchildren, nephews or nieces – there is a family pass for four people up for grabs for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday July 14 at 1 pm. Click here for more information on what promises to be an lively multi-media show….
Professor Anna Reid Appointed As New Dean Of The Con
The University of Sydney today announced the appointment of Professor Anna Reid as the new Head of School and Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. An accomplished string musician and alumna of the Con, Professor Anna Reid joined the University of Sydney in 2010 as Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at the Con…
Robertissimo – Double Album Commemorates Roberto Alagna’s Debut Australian Tour
Roberto Alagna is coming to Sydney, and to commemorate his Australian debut next month, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing a special Australian Tour Edition of Robertissimo a 2-CD album which features Alagna at his magnetic best. The recording includes arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Massenet and Puccini as well as some lighter works from Abbalati, México and Shostakovich. Recorded in…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Appointed To The Met
Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 41, has been appointed music director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. It’s a critical time at which he succeeds James Levine who led the company for over four decades. Nézet-Séguin presently heads up the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He will take over at the met in…
Maxim Boon In The Guardian: Where To For Opera In Australia?
“….the biggest losers of this stale safety bias will be Australia’s opera makers of tomorrow. When a culture of predictability and drab conservatism finally atrophies the expectations of the opera-going public, artists attempting to escape from that trope will likely be met with hostility.” Maxim Boon in The Guardian takes a refreshingly honest view of…
McVicar’s Die Meistersingers Opens Glyndebourne To Acclaim
Sir David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte for Opera Australia hits the boards in Sydney in July. Conducted by Jonathan Darlington, it features a glittering cast which includes Nicole Car, Anna Dowsley, Taryn Fiebig, Charles Castronovo, Andrew Jones and Richard Anderson. It also completes the trilogy of Mozart-Da Ponte operas that Sir David has…