The Turandot Stage Takes Shape

Check out this time-lapse video which shows the construction of the stage for Opera Australia and Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s 2016 production of Turandot. Opening on March 24.

Check out this time-lapse video which shows the construction of the stage for Opera Australia and Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s 2016 production of Turandot. Opening on March 24.
Mozart’s fantastical singspiel The Magic Flute premiered on September 30th 1791 at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. According to Operabase, The Magic Flute was the 4th most often performed opera in the 5 seasons to the end of 2013, with 464 performances. This production is from the 2012 Salzburg festival, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt with Concentus Musicus Wien…
Watch violinist Nicola Benedetti perform and talk during recording sessions for The Silver Violin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Fc3WKHnuU
Pianist Sally Whitwell puts a glaze on the music of Philip Glass with a CD “Mad Rush” (ABC Classics) to be released on June 3rd. Check out her video here! To whet your appetite, the first track from this CD “Opening”, is already available on itunes. www.itunes.apple.com Sally Whiltwell had this to say about the track: “It’s funny, when you look…
Vincenzo Bellini, prolific composer of bel canto opera was born on November 3rd 1801. (D 1835 of amoebic dysentery). This is a wonderful performance of Casta Diva by Renée Fleming in the Palaces of the Czars.
The National Choral School, hosted by Gondwana Voices is in full swing again and its young choristers are engaged in a fortnight of music making which will culminate in the Festival of Summer Voices, a series of concerts from January 18-21 in Sydney. Check out the enchanting sound of Gondwana Voices in this performance…
Superlative singing, sensitive staging and exquisite styling infused with the themes of Imperial China have made Turandot on Sydney Harbour arguably the most enjoyable of the productions to date. The co-production between Opera Australia and Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (HOSH) opened in Sydney last week under crystal clear skies and temperate breezes. (The first…