The voluptuous beauty of ‘La Traviata’
Check out these 9 glorious images from Opera Australia’s production of La Traviata which opened in Sydney this week. Images by Branco Gaica courtesy of Opera Australia








Check out these 9 glorious images from Opera Australia’s production of La Traviata which opened in Sydney this week. Images by Branco Gaica courtesy of Opera Australia
How often do you have a tune going around in your head that you know SO well…but you just can’t put a name to it. This amazing website could put an end to your sleepless nights…. The Multimedia Library’s Electronic Dictionary of Musical Themes created by Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern – lets you key in the…
Last night APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre announced the winners of the 2015 Art Music Awards in a ceremony held at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. The awards recognise the achievement and creative success of composers, performers and practitioners in contemporary art music, jazz and experimental music. The award for the Orchestral Work of the Year…
Grappling in a sword fight with his clothes on fire whilst working as a stuntman is the most dangerous thing he has ever done, says Riccardo Massi. But has it prepared him for sharing the stage with a 60 metre long fire breathing dragon? Perhaps! The softly spoken spinto tenor is in Sydney preparing for…
In anticipation of its new Music Theatre program in 2022, the Conservatorium Open Academy is presenting a workshop to give students aged 15 to 25 to the skills needed to be a great musical theatre performer. With insights including stagecraft and presence, vocal technique, characterisation, ensemble work and more, students will have the chance to…
Peggy Glanville-Hicks. There’s news of a historic event Australian music from conductor Jennifer Condon who has revived Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ forgotten opera Sappho: She says: “Greetings from Hamburg! Prior to the Australian release of the world premiere recording, Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Sappho is being broadcast on ABC Classic FM’s Sunday Opera programme. (November 4th at 7pm) If you do…
Congratulations to two outstanding Australian musicians have been recognised in the Australia Day Honours for 2016! Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra since 2001, Dr Nicholas Milton, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the arts, particularly to classical orchestral music performance, as…