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Hvorostovsky To Return To The Stage
Fantastic news from Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s website that following treatment for a brain tumour, the gifted and popular baritone is looking forward to returning to the stage this month for three performances of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera, opening the production on September 25 with further performances on September 29 and October 3, 2015. In December 2015/January 2016 Hvorostovsky…
Nicole Car Makes Her Covent Garden Debut
It’s a busy year and Christmas in London for Australian soprano Nicole Car who has just finished a season singing the role of Countess Almaviva in Opera Australia’s production of The Marriage of Figaro. Earlier this year she sang Marguerite in Faust, for the company and next year she will sing for them again, making her…
Deutsche Grammophon Quotes SoundsLikeSydney
In a shameless piece of self-promotion, SoundsLikeSydney is thrilled to be quoted by Deutsche Grammophon on its website, reviewing mandolin player Avi Avital’s recording of Bach’s Concertos and Sonatas. Gramophone Magazine and BBC Music Magazine are also quoted – not bad company to be in! Click here to read the whole review. Avi Avital performed…
IFAC ASC Finalists Announced
IFAC Australian Singing competition semi-finals held over the weekend selected five finalists who move on to the finals in October. The finalists are: Damian Arnold, tenor, NSWRebecca Gulinello, soprano, VICJeremy Kleeman – Bass Baritone, VICMaximilian Riebl, counter tenor, VICBenson Wilson, baritone, NZ congratulations and toi toi in the finals!
A New Member for The Flinders Quartet
The Flinders Quartet welcomes its newest member, violinist Nicholas Waters as second violinist Helen Ayres relocates to London with her family. Nicholas Waters joins incumbent ensemble members first violinist Shane Chen, viola player Helen Ireland and cellist Zoe Knighton. The Melbourne based ensemble regularly performs in Sydney and tours for chamber music presenters such as…
Thielemann Writes “My Life With Wagner”
Wagner fans alert! Christian Thielemann, conductor and music director of the Bayreuth Festival is regarded as one of the foremost exponents of Wagner. He has written a book released this month which chronicles his journey with the music of Wagner. Titled My Life with Wagner, and translated into English, the book examines Wagner’s controversial music…
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CD Preview: The Kiss/ Nicole Car/ Australian Opera And Ballet Orchestra/ Andrea Molino
Hot on the heels of her successful debut at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, late in 2015 and several lauded roles for Opera Australia over the past few years, soprano Nicole Car has released her debut album The Kiss (ABC Classics). For the recording, Andrea Molino conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, an ensemble…
Opera Review: The Pearlfishers/ Opera Australia
The Pearlfishers – George Bizet Opera Australia, January 15, 2016 Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House Don’t blame Bizet. Though he travelled extensively through Italy for three years from 1857, this was about as far east as the Frenchman ventured, and so his opera The Pearlfishers, written in the summer of 1863, when he was…