The Willoughby Symphony presents Night at the Opera: Verdi Gala, conducted by Chief Conductor Dr Nicholas Milton, recently appointed as General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the State Theater of Saarland, Germany (Saarländischen Staatstheater). In the programme is a line-up of overtures, arias and choruses from the operas of Verdi. The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir…
Suor Angelica – Giacomo Puccini. Harbour City Opera, September 25th, 2013, Paddington Uniting Church. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Fledgling opera company Harbour City Opera presented its first complete opera this week choosing to perform Puccini’s Suor Angelica for this inaugural event. The all-female cast and the ability of the narrative and the music…
Punching above its weight in talent and ambition, Sydney’s new kid on the block, Harbour City Opera presents Puccini’s 1 – act opera Suor Angelica, the tale of a young woman forced by her family to retreat to a nunnery as a result of an indiscretion. For seven years she waits for news of her…