A hefty combined birthday party (centenary for Britten, bicentenary for both Verdi and Wagner) this concert featured the combined dazzling talents of the Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra under conductors Brett Weymark and Anthony Pasquill and especially the …
A delightful souffle of some of opera’s greatest hits this was a lot of fun.
Direct from Russia, the Moscow Novaya Opera brings us OPERAMANIA, currently touring Australia. Convoluted opera plots are almost completely eliminated and favourite moments from Puccini, …
If MTV had a classical cousin that promoted snapshots of great operas, ballets and instrumental music, then this pastiche from the Moscow Novaya Opera would definitely help ratings.
In OPERAMANIA, fourteen dramatic and comic moments from the well-known Italian, French,
From time to time the unacceptable question of opera’s relevance to modern society and even to the Australian musical scene is murmured. Such comment was sung down with incredible force and style during The Independent Opera’s 2013 Gala Concert. Four