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Lookbook: Les Contes D’Hoffmann – In HD From The Met
Check out these vibrant images from the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann, screening nationally from April 11. Directed by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Yes Abel, Vittorio Grigolo takes the role of the poet Hoffman with Thomas Hampson as his nemesis. Erin Morley sings makes her debut as Olympia. Scroll down to…
Les Contes D’Hoffmann from The Met In HD
Hosted by soprano Deborah Voigt, the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Jacques Offenbach’s opéra fantastique Les contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman) screens nationally from April 11, 2015. Starring the Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo as Hoffmann, the tortured poet, the production is directed by Broadway director Bartlett Sher. Thomas Hampson will add a new role to his extensive repertory…
Critical Errors
“There are some sacrifices which should not be demanded twice from any man; and one of them is listening to Brahms’s Requiem.” George Bernard Shaw. An entertaining look at just some of the acerbic comments made by critics about what are now regarded as some of the most enduring works in classical music. Click here…
Nominations Due For 2015 APRA AMC Art Music Awards
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…
The Sydney Chamber Choir’s Passion + Resurrection…from within.
Last week the Sydney Chamber Choir bade farewell to Paul Stanhope, its Musical Director of 10 years, performing a concert entitled Passion + Resurrection under his direction . Miguel Iglesias has sung with the Sydney Chamber Choir for 17 years. In this piece, he gives his unique insights about the performance from his perspective as a performer….
Morgan Pearse Earns Praise As Yamadori for Houston Grand Opera
Sydney opera fans will remember baritone Morgan Pearse who is presently in Houston, engaged in the Houston Grand Opera’s Studio Programme which offers emerging singers with exceptional talent the opportunity to be a working member of the prestigious opera company whilst furthering their training. Morgan has been singing the role of Prince Yamadori in the…
Latest reviews
CD Review: The Greats – Masters Of European Music
Last weekend I had the exceptional pleasure of strolling through the Art Gallery of New South Wales, viewing its spring/summer exhibition of over 70 paintings – The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland. The collection spans more than four centuries of art with works from the Renaissance (Botticelli’s The Virgin adoring the sleeping…
Concert Review: The Birch Tree/Thoroughbass
Thoroughbass The Birch Tree St Luke’s Anglican Church, Mosman 8 November 2015 Joanne Arnott (recorder), Lucy Cormack (cello), Shaun Ng (viola da gamba), Angus Ryan (cello), Diana Weston (Director and harpsichord) One of the intriguing musical developments of the past few years has been the way in which period musical instruments are being utilised in performing…