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This week we learnt with sadness of the death of soprano Elizabeth Connell. She thrilled audiences in Sydney and round the world with her voice and her interpretations of the great dramatic roles like Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Elektra. She sang on the most famous stages around the world – Prague, Hamburg, the Royal Opera…
The uber–glamourous and precociously talented soprano Danielle de Niese returns to Australia, for performances around the nation. She was interviewd by Sharon Verghis of The Australian. Following the link to her interview are links to her blogs in ‘The Huffington Post’ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/rising-opera-star-danielle–de–niese-is-set-to-stun/story-fn9n8gph-1226374852846 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle–de–niese/the-case-for-making-recor_b_1220059.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle–de–niese/baroque-coming-out-party_b_1177726.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle–de–niese/inspired-to-inspire_b_1154608.html
Kathryn Selby, founding artisitic director and pianist with Selby&Friends announces that the Selby&Friends At Home channel on YouTube, now features the Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op.15 from their ‘Root Position’ tour in February/March, 2019. Performing with Kathryn Selby are guests Natalie Chee, violin and cellist Umberto Clerici. Composed at a time of great…
,One of Australia’s favourite mezzo-sopranos Anna Dowsley is reveling in the challenge of not one, but two new roles, with the added twist of being away from her home city of Sydney. Late in 2019, Dowsley and her partner, tenor Jonathan Abernethy relocated to Frankfurt, Germany. He, as a new member of the ensemble with…
Antonio Pappano, the director of music at the Royal Opera House has commented that newer generations of oepra singers doesn’t have the mettle to deal with the demands of a career in opera. “Singers don’t have to submit to exploitation. Karita Mattila doesn’t have a brand of perfume or a dessert named after her, or…
Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s interpretations of the music of JS Bach are considered by other performers to be works of reference. In 1999 he undertook a Bach pilgrimage with the Monteverdi Choir, and just last month he conducted a Bach marathon at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In this feature from The Guardian, he writes of his…