opera update….an new name for the opera theatre
How did this get past us??! The opera theatre of the Sydney Opera House will be named in honour of Dame Joan Sutherland:
An update on La Traviata on Sydney Harbour:
How did this get past us??! The opera theatre of the Sydney Opera House will be named in honour of Dame Joan Sutherland:
An update on La Traviata on Sydney Harbour:
The Sydney Eisteddfod presented the John Lamble Foundation Australasian Choral Championships in the Concert Hall at The Concourse, Chatswood in early June. The program featured choirs of all ages and types which had won places during the previous week’s various events of the Sydney Eisteddfod Choral section. The primary and infant school choirs competed in the morning, the…
Check out Peter McCallum’s review of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Glorious Baroque in the SMH. Also, see our post on Possum goes for Baroque for further dates for this concert. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/possum-goes-for-baroque-2/5310.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/an-accomplished-pastiche-with-notes-of-a-fine-merlot-20111030-1mqan.html
Hyeseoung Kwon as Fiordiligi. Image Jeff Busby Terrific news from soprano Hyeseoung Kwon who has announced that she will be singing the role of Cio-Cio San in the Raymond Gubbay production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall in early 2015. Hyeseoung Kwon covered the role for Opera Australia in 2012 and she…
This week we learnt with sadness of the death of soprano Elizabeth Connell. She thrilled audiences in Sydney and round the world with her voice and her interpretations of the great dramatic roles like Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Elektra. She sang on the most famous stages around the world – Prague, Hamburg, the Royal Opera…
Gondwana Choirs have released another video project on YouTube. Birinyi features Gondwana Indigenous Choir performing the story of the creation of Yurrbin, the Great Barrier Reef on Yidinji country Filmed on Yidinji country, the story of Birinyi is shared by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji elder, Gudju Gudju with music by Luke Byrne. Showing the extradordinary natural…
Exotic images give a taste of TaikOz’s upcoming concert the Spirit Dancer at the City Recital Hall on November 28th. (3 Images) Click here for more: http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/taikoz-presents-the-spirit-dancer/14524.html: