5 stars
Wagner’s Ring Cycle presents a magical, supernatural world much loved by Set and Costume Designers. The operas provide incredible opportunities to stretch the imagination into the world of fantasy. Sydney, …
4 1/2 stars
There is always excitement when Opera Australia launches a new production, particularly for an old favourite from the repertoire. It was a full house for the opening of Tosca at the Joan Sutherland Theatre in the Sydney …
BELOVED SONGS – A SAMPLER. This concert features Art Song and other Lieder by composers including Schubert, Schumann and others. Warwick Fyfe, baritone, is the featured performer and there is a surprise artist as well.
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From Rossini, Italy’s grand master of hilarity comes a rollicking comedy with a magnificent score. THE TURK IN ITALY dazzles from the lowest bass notes to the impossibly stratospheric level of soprano Stacey Alleaume’s coloratura.
Conductor Andrea Molino heads up …
THE TURK IN ITALY is not one of Rossini’s best known or best received operas, but this risqué OA production is sure to entertain most. (Just don’t take your kids or your prudish mother-in-law.)
Director Simon Philips premiered this …