The Song Company review
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Earlier this week, respected music director and educator Richard Gill OAM, delivered the 17th annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks address on the topic of “A Case for New Music” under the auspices of the New Music Network. In an erudite and passionate speech he argues the case for new music and for comprehensive music education in schools….
If you thought you’d seen it all when Mattel released its Opera House Barbie doll, resplendent in ocean coloured mermaid dress with swirls of white, think again. Now Lego have released its vision of the Sydney Opera House as part of its Architect series, placing the distinctive building alongside others in this collection which includes New York’s Guggenheim Museum, the Burj Khalifa…
Deborah Humble interviews London based Australian pianist and winner of the 2014 Montreal International Musical Competition ahead of his debut album launch and Australian tour. Australian concert pianist Jayson Gillham is the perfect example of a quiet achiever. Described by one English critic as possessing “a calm, unshowy keyboard style” these adjectives could equally be…
More reasons to celebrate Rossini’s birth anniversary: Petite Messe Solennelle conducted by Riccardo Chailly Joyce DiDonato performing “Tanti affetti”, from Donna del Lago. William Tell Overture Riccardo Muti conducts the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.
Costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel, set designer Charles Edwards and lighting designer Paule Constable realised by Catherine Alexander bring to life Gounod’s grand opera Faust for Opera Australia. Soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Ivan Magri and bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes create a formidable trio of soloists with a luxury cast of supporting soloists, the Australian Opera Chorus,…
As Australian opera faces a national review, Opera Queensland’s artistic director Lindy Hume eyeballs the challenges facing the art form and how it has adapted, both in Australia and overseas. “…it’s not just the companies in flux, but audience appetites and art itself. This is a rare opportunity for a rethink. The best outcome would be a blueprint…