Great Australian Wagnerians in Recital Deborah Humble Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium 28 May 2014 Last year’s performances of Wagner’s Ring der Nibelungen in Melbourne reignited interest in Wagner’s music and the singers who perform it. One of the outcomes of this revived attention is a new series of concerts entitled Great Australian Wagnerians in…
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble accompanied by pianist Stephen Mould, performs the first concert in the series Great Australian Wagnerians in Recital with a programme of songs by Brahms followed by Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. Sparked by the success of The Ring in Melbourne in 2013, Great Australian Wagnerians in Recital aims to bring the songs of Wagner and others to the recital…
Fresh from thrilling audiences with her portrayals of Erda and Waltraute in Neil Armfield’s production of The Ring by Wagner for Opera Australia in 2013, mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is back in Australia for more Wagner and even more besides, with Mendelssohn and Handel on her schedule – none of it in the opera theatre. Humble is in…