‘Orpheus’ image gallery – scroll down to see all 8 pictures from this OA production








“….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…
Pianist James Rhodes offers some refreshingly frank thoughts about the classical music industry. He claims the industry “has been divided into sharks on the one hand (anything for a buck, even if it involves bastardising the music to an unrecognisable degree) and the “purebloods” on the other – the Aryan race of the music world where…
Released on Decca Classics at the end of last week, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli celebrates over three decades on the Decca Classics label, with a new album commemorating the life and career of the castrato Farinelli, one of the most famous opera singers of the 18th century. The recording includes two world premiere recordings, arias by…
Nominations for the 2015 Art Music Awards close at 5pm on Monday 13 April 2015. Nominations may be made online. The Art Music Awards are presented annually by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. There are eleven national…
Deutsche Grammophon will release the soundtrack to the movie, Maestro played by the London Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Connor D’Netto (Qld) and Maria Grenfell (Tas) are the recipients of The Australian Music Centre’s MOMENTUM Commissions. Each composer receives $2,500 towards the commission of a proposed work. Artists were called to propose a new work for a small chamber ensemble and voice, inspired by nature and the Australian environment. Connor D’Netto’s proposed work will explore…
“….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…
Pianist James Rhodes offers some refreshingly frank thoughts about the classical music industry. He claims the industry “has been divided into sharks on the one hand (anything for a buck, even if it involves bastardising the music to an unrecognisable degree) and the “purebloods” on the other – the Aryan race of the music world where…
Released on Decca Classics at the end of last week, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli celebrates over three decades on the Decca Classics label, with a new album commemorating the life and career of the castrato Farinelli, one of the most famous opera singers of the 18th century. The recording includes two world premiere recordings, arias by…
Nominations for the 2015 Art Music Awards close at 5pm on Monday 13 April 2015. Nominations may be made online. The Art Music Awards are presented annually by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. There are eleven national…
Deutsche Grammophon will release the soundtrack to the movie, Maestro played by the London Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Connor D’Netto (Qld) and Maria Grenfell (Tas) are the recipients of The Australian Music Centre’s MOMENTUM Commissions. Each composer receives $2,500 towards the commission of a proposed work. Artists were called to propose a new work for a small chamber ensemble and voice, inspired by nature and the Australian environment. Connor D’Netto’s proposed work will explore…
“….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…
Pianist James Rhodes offers some refreshingly frank thoughts about the classical music industry. He claims the industry “has been divided into sharks on the one hand (anything for a buck, even if it involves bastardising the music to an unrecognisable degree) and the “purebloods” on the other – the Aryan race of the music world where…
Released on Decca Classics at the end of last week, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli celebrates over three decades on the Decca Classics label, with a new album commemorating the life and career of the castrato Farinelli, one of the most famous opera singers of the 18th century. The recording includes two world premiere recordings, arias by…
Nominations for the 2015 Art Music Awards close at 5pm on Monday 13 April 2015. Nominations may be made online. The Art Music Awards are presented annually by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. There are eleven national…
Deutsche Grammophon will release the soundtrack to the movie, Maestro played by the London Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Connor D’Netto (Qld) and Maria Grenfell (Tas) are the recipients of The Australian Music Centre’s MOMENTUM Commissions. Each composer receives $2,500 towards the commission of a proposed work. Artists were called to propose a new work for a small chamber ensemble and voice, inspired by nature and the Australian environment. Connor D’Netto’s proposed work will explore…