Chamber Opera Review: Voyage To The Moon/ Musica Viva And Victorian Opera

Chamber Opera Review: Voyage To The Moon/ Musica Viva And Victorian Opera

Kudos to Michael Gow and Musica Viva with Victorian Opera for their creation Voyage to the Moon, a Baroque pastiche with libretto and direction by Gow, and a score constructed by the late Alan Curtis, complemented by Calvin Bowman after Curtis’ sudden death during the project. The chamber opera opened in Sydney this week with…

CD Review: ‘Dido’s Lament’- Zoë Black and Joe Chindamo

CD Review: ‘Dido’s Lament’- Zoë Black and Joe Chindamo

  Dido’s Lament is the debut release by pianist Joe Chindamo and violinist Zoë Black on their newly formed recording label Mo’OzArt. For the ‘classically’ trained Black and Chindamo, the pianist with the reputation as a jazz musician, it is a fusion of styles which seeks to shatter pre-conceptions and create what Chindamo describes as a…