Images from Opera Australia’s current production of Verdi’s Rigoletto show the dark tones of the sinister set which reeks of conspiracy, against which the vivid costumes of the courtiers shine blood-red. Scroll down to see all 7 images.
Images by Braco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.
Wunderkind violinist Christian Li, just 13 years old, will release his debut album in August 2021 on the Decca Classics label. Featured on this album is the classic Meditation from the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet, which has been released as a single.
Opening tonight at the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre – Opera Australia’s production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by David McVicar. Check out these images – scroll down to see all eight. Images courtesy Opera Australia
Opera Australia announced this morning that Rod Sims AO will be taking over the role of Opera Australia Board Chair from Professor Glyn Davis AC at the end of September 2022.
Individual concert tickets for the 11th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia are now on sale to the general public, offering classical music aficionados the chance to see some of the world’s finest young pianists take part in thrilling knockout performances at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Sydney Opera House from July 6 to 23….
She has been a versatile and popular performer on Australia’s opera stage – as Carmen, she memorably tied up Stuart Skelton’s Don Jose; wore a beard as Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress for which she won a Helpmann Award; consoled Cheryl Barker’s Cio- Cio San as Suzuki in Madame Butterfly and received…
“We’re righting a wrong to present composers whose works are de rigeur in the rest of the world as a festival event .” A potent statement from Jack Symonds, conductor and music director of Sydney Chamber Opera about the double-bill the company is presenting for the Sydney Festival. Under the collective title His Music…