Tag: Stuart Skelton

Stuart Skelton is Gerontius: MSO Choral Series

March 11, 2018

Davis conducts Skelton with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, in a performance previously staged at London’s Barbican. “The Dream of Gerontius” is a late-Romantic choral oratorio by Edward Elgar, based on a poem written by John Henry Newman. Far from Victorian…

Vine, Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi: MSO Season Opening

March 8, 2018

Renowned soloists, international and Australian, star in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Gala. At this year’s concert there was a marvelous sense of what to look forward to. In summary: the orchestra presented Carl Vine’s Symphony No.1, Nelson Freire…