Wagner bicentenary

The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013. Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.

The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013. Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.
The Festival of Summer Voices is in full swing and tonight, the multiple ARIA Award winning a capella ensemble The Idea of North (TION), Resident Artists at the Gondwana Choirs National Choral School give one of their memorable concerts. TION alto Naomi Crellin has been spending the last fortnight at the choral summer school and…
Joshua Bell leading the Academy of St Martin in the Fields played a programme of Mendelsson, Tchaikovsky and Schumann at the Sydney Opera House last night,to a packed Concert Hall, itself transformed in a veritable field of flowers. Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to tonight’s performance of Mozart – the Symphony No 5 and…
The Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address will be delivered by harpist and Australian Music Centre Chair, Marshall McGuire, in Sydney (Gadigal), in October 2025.
Non-subscribers to Opera Australia can now get their tickets for the 2016 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot. The annual outdoor presentation now in its fifth year will open on March 24 and run until 24 April, 2016 at the Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point. Multi-award winning Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng will…
Australian-Chinese violin sensation Christian Li releases his second track, ‘Fisherman’s Harvest Song’, out now on Decca Classics. To accompany the release, Christian features in a new video of footage from his recording sessions, filmed earlier this year. ‘Fisherman’s Harvest Song’ is a traditional folk tune inspired by the fisherman’s harvest in the South China Sea…
To celebrate 200 performances of La Traviata at the Sydney Opera House, Opera Australia will offer 200 tickets on sale for 200 cents for the February 23 performance of this popular opera. Possibly the most performed opera in the world, Verdi’s La Traviata, dazzles with irresistible music, brilliant singing and a sumptuous setting. Opera Australia has…