Sneek peek: opera on the harbour
More of what to expect from Handa Opera on the Harbour’s La Traviata as ravishing sopranos Emma Matthews and Rachelle Durkin, sharing the role of Violetta show off their costumes and we check out the venue:




More of what to expect from Handa Opera on the Harbour’s La Traviata as ravishing sopranos Emma Matthews and Rachelle Durkin, sharing the role of Violetta show off their costumes and we check out the venue:




Fresh from her Wagnerian debut as Elsa in Lohengrin at the Dresden Semperoper, Anna Netrebko will release a new recording in September 2016, Verismo, with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. This recording on Deutsche Grammophon with its striking cover, explores some of the darker reaches of the dramatic soprano repertoire with…
Applications are now open for the 2026 Young Mannheim Symphonists (YMS) programs run by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (ARCO)
The winners of the 2025 Paul Lowin Orchestral and Song Cycle Prizes were announced last night at a private event in Sydney (Gadigal).
It’s nearly a year since the death of Sir Charles Mackerras, (17.11.25 – 14.7.10), a towering figure in the world of music whose career extended through live and recorded performances, operatic, choral and orchestral repertoire, who mentored numerous emerging talents and who was much loved by all with whom he worked. He left an incomparable…
Whether you believe opera as an art form is moribund or thriving, opera companies the world over are examining its relevance to 21st century living and building strategies to attract and retain audiences into the future. In Sydney, Opera on Sydney Harbour exceeded expectations on many fronts; high definition opera in the cinema has brought…
Part 1 of two-part interview with emerging Australian conductor Jennifer Condon. Nearly 12 months ago, 28 year old Jennifer Condon visited Sydney to garner support for a project fired by a passion that has burned in her for the best part of a decade. During her final year of school in Sydney, she heard a fragment of…