‘Carmen’ – picture gallery from behind the scenes at the dance rehearsals
Images from dance rehearsals for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Carmen – scroll down to see all three:
Images: Ben Symonds.



Images from dance rehearsals for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Carmen – scroll down to see all three:
Images: Ben Symonds.



The 2018 Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album goes to Crazy Girl Crazy featuring music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio performed by Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan with Orchestra Ludwig. Vale Dmitri Horostovsky, also nominated for the award. Other nominees: Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas — Philippe Jaroussky; Petra Müllejans, conductor (Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann & Juan de la Rubia;…
An intriguing feature on how music is remembered when other aspects of memory are impaired. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/musicians-memories-wiped-except-for-notes-of-harmony-20111114-1nfid.html
Percussionist Timothy Constable is to step down as Artistic Director of Synergy Percussion after 7 years in the role. He will pursue other creative opportunities in solo music, composition and with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as Ian Cleworth steps in as Interim Artistic Director of the ensemble. Timothy joined Synergy Percussion 14 years ago in 2003 when…
SoundsLikeSydney is excited to announce the launch this week of our free monthly newsletter SoundsClassic. Our inaugural edition is packedwith news – we have the ‘wrap’ on Melbourne’s Ring cycle, musings on Christmas music, a Messiah quiz to challenge you, reviews of some of the many CDs released during 2013 in case you’re stuck for…
Twenty-nine emerging opera singers have progressed to the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship quarter-finals and will compete again on June 9 in hope of coming one step closer to securing their part of the $70,000 worth of prizes on offer. Sixteen of the qualifying singers will progress to the semi-final on June 10 and eight will progress…
The music will play day and night, It will do its work whether someone is there or not. Lentz illustrates “This old rusty water tank in the middle of nowhere, in darkness will glow from the inside with music and sound pouring out of all day and night. I believe it is doing its work just by being.”