Orchestra Victoria, the Melbourne based orchestra scheduled to play for the Melbourne Ring Cycle and which plays for the Australian Ballet, Opera Australia and the Victorian Opera, is under review. The Australian reports:
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Congratulations to ALL the nominees and winners! Best Classical Album Winner: Sally Whitwell – Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass (ABC Classics) Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet – Fandango (ABC Classics) Latitude 37 – Latitude 37 (ABC Classics) Richard Tognetti (violin), Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mozart Violin Concertos Vol 2 (BIS) Teddy Tahu Rhodes…
The late neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with Alzheimer’s who had little recollection of his life, but who remembered the baritone part to almost every song he had ever sung. “Music,” said Sacks, “was one of the only things that kept him grounded…” For many who were immersed in music during school years, entry…
It makes sense to be good friends with people you have to work with. Especially if they are people whose characters you have to inhabit. American tenor Arnold Rawls is in Sydney to sing the role of Manrico for Opera Australia in Il Trovatore. Sitting in the Green Room of the Sydney Opera House, Rawls confesses “Manrico is probably…
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Australia’s favourite baritone, returns with his first solo album in four years, I’ll Walk Beside You This new album songs from Australia, Scotland, Germany and America, as well as two Maori songs from Rhodes’ homeland, New Zealand in gorgeous arrangements by the Southern Cross Soloists, one of Australia’s most formidable chamber music ensembles…
The Sydney Symphony conducted by David Robertson is wrapping up its third tour to China in five years. A feature of the programme was the work commissioned for the tour by the SSO from Andrew Schultz. Sound Lur and Serpent, Fanfare for Brass and Percussion, Opus 98 is inspired by old brass instruments that resemble the horns…
Musica Viva Australia today announced that Hywel Sims has been appointed CEO, while Anne Frankenberg will step into the newly created, Melbourne-based role of Deputy Chief Executive. Hywel Sims has been an integral member of Musica Viva’s senior management since 2014, initially as Director of Development and currently as General Manager, Victoria. The new role of Deputy…