Opera Projects Sydney presents Cantique de Noël, a Christmas Opera Gala featuring the music of Verdi and Puccini. The concert stars sopranos Catherine Bouchier and Anna-Louise Cole, baritone Jose Carbo, tenor Simon Kim, bass Sitiveni Talei and pianist Bradley Gilchrist. Tickets are $25 available at www.theindependent.org.au
Following the success of baritone José Carbó’s portrayal of Rodrigo in Opera Australia’s recent production of Verdi’s Don Carlo, ABC Classics have re-released Carbó’s popular 2012 CD My Latin Heart. On it, Carbó performs with guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan to perform much-loved Latin-American songs that are special to them. The program includes Piazzolla’s Ave Maria and Tango Suite plus tantalising works by Mariano Mores, Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera, Juan de Dios Filiberto,…
When SoundsLikeSydney spoke to Samuel Sakker in London, the young tenor was en route to just another day at work. For him, this entails an hour’s journey, leaving home at 7.30 in the morning and arriving at the hallowed portals of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in time for 9 o’clock. Last year,…