Youth Discounts for The Barber Of Seville
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the premiere of one of the world’s most loved comic operas, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, on Saturday 20 February, Opera Australia is offering a youth (under 30) discount of 200 tickets for 200 cents, to selected performances in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. The…
Puccini’s Music In The Cinema
The cinema world has a long practice of drawing on classical music for its soundtracks. Ligeti, Verdi, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Mozart are just some of the composers whose music has enriched our filmic experience. It is arguably the music of Puccini that has been most frequently used on the big screen. Ian Haydn…
Classical Grammy Winners 2016
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards are done and dusted. If you’re looking to expand your playlist with some of these winning recordings – There were eight awards in the classical categories which included Best Classical Contemporary Composition and Best Classical Compendium alongside the more long-standing categories for the best in vocal and instrumental music. Andris Nelsons…
Seraphim Trio Releases Beethoven Piano Trios Recording
The Seraphim Trio, comprising pianist Anna Goldsworthy piano, violinist Helen Ayres and cellist Timothy Nankervis, has released a new recording Beethoven’s Piano Trios on ABC Classics. Considered to be amongst the finest works in the chamber canon, Beethoven’s piano trios take the form devised by Mozart and Haydn and develop it into a musical genre which reached symphonic proportions…
Musica Viva Appoints Michael Sollis As Inaugural Artistic Director Of Education
For Musica Viva, Australia’s oldest independent professional performing arts organisation, music education and artist development have occupied an important role alongside the world-class concerts it has presented since 1945. Its schools programme is the largest in the nation and has reached thousands of school students across the country. Now Musica Viva has announced the appointment…
The Noise Of Time – A New Book About Shostakovich By Julian Barnes
Booker Prize winning writer Julian Barnes has released a new novel The Noise of Time which is receiving high praise from reviewers and readers. The Noise of Time is a fictional biography of the life of Dmitri Shostakovich and tackles the forces of art and power which were set against each other during the turbulent life of…
Luisa Miller Picture Gallery
Verdi’s Luisa Miller opened in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House last night – and the audience loved it! A co-production between Opera Australia and Opera Lausanne, it is visually surreal and abstract with standout singing. Scroll down to see all 8 images from the production. Performances till February 29. Images courtesy Opera…
Applause Musical Theatre Classes For Kids
Family musicals like Annie, Matilda, The Sound of Music, Wicked and Les Miserables are legendary and feature talented children who can combine music, drama and dance in a spectacular performance. Applause Musical Theatre Academy has five campuses across the North Shore and northern beaches (the newest at East Lindfield Public School opening this February), and gives…
Sydney Sings – A New Festival Is Launched
There is to be an exciting new festival in Sydney this year! From July 28 to August 7, 2016, Destination New South Wales will host thousands of Australian and international choirs and soloists in Sydney Sings, showcasing numerous genres of vocal music from choral music to music theatre, folk and world music and solo performances. A…