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.
Ukrainian bass-baritone Andrei Bondarenko in his Cardiff Singer of the World final in 2011. He won the competition’s Song Prize. You can hear him in Sydney this weekend with the Sydney Symphony, singing the role of Yeletsky in a concert version of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Queen of Spades’
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, performed by the Thomanerchor of Leipzig. Composer Franz Xaver Gruber set the lyrics of Joseph Mohr to music in 1818, in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria. UNESCO declared this carol an intangible cultural heritage in March 2011.
Commissioned by Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, the birthplace of Beethoven, Beethoven-Opus 2020 was written by Max Richter to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. In this video, Richter explains his thinking behind this brilliant new piece, set for album release and live stream launch by Deutsche Grammophon on 17-18 December, 2020. Read more.
Check out the seductive and entertaining finale from the Tango Concerto for Two Violas da Gamba by René Schiffer which you can hear performed by dazzling Cuban gambist Lixsania Fernandez and Anthea Cottee in the upcoming tour by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 must have one of the most thrilling and celebratory openings ever heard. Hope you enjoy this version of the opening chorus Jauchzet frohlocket from the Frauenkirche Dresden in the heart of Saxony. The Staatskapelle Dresden, is conducted by Christian Thielemann, Sophie Koch (Mezzosoprano) und Thomas Hampson (Baritone).
When Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died last week, his career as a singer was dissected and analysed in meticulous details. The loss of his once incomparable voice was rightly lamented. However, as with many individual of prolific talent and intellect, a rare voice was not his only gift. As well as being a writer, (he wrote…