Last night, the English National Opera premiered a new production of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde
Conducted by the ENO’s ex-music director Edward Gardner, designed by the artist Anish Kapoor and direction by Daniel Kramer – the company’s artistic director elect, the cast included Australian tenor Stuart Skelton as Tristan.
Will it be the troubled ENO’s saving grace?
Click here to read more in The Independent.
You spend your weekends at rehearsal and your wardrobe is full of all-black outfits; you were in a quartet not a garage band……take this quiz from the Huffington Post and find out if you really are an orchestra nerd!
The review of Brett Dean’s award winning violin concerto: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/letters-from-the-heart-a-heavenly-treat-for-the-ears-20111205-1ofdc. …and a conversation with Anne- Sophie Mutter http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/interview-annesophie-mutter-20111201-1o7i4.html
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Composer Paul Stanhope made his mark on the 2011 APRA Art Music Awards announced last night. His compositions won Work of the Year in both Instrumental (String Quartet No 2) and Vocal/Choral categories. (Deserts of Exile). Sydney audiences were mesmerised by “Deserts of Exile” when the Sydney Chamber Choir performed it in their “Lamentations” programme a few…