Universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians, and often lauded as the greatest violinist today, Grammy award winner Maxim Vengerov is making his long awaited return to Australia in August. Vengerov is making a return to Australian stages…
It could not have been a more perfect night to premier Opera Australia’s much anticipated Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. It was a divinely picturesque setting. A theatrical hub emerged on the steps of Mrs Macquries Chair complete with a…
The iconic Joan Sutherland Theatre stage at the Sydney Opera House stepped back in time to ancient Egypt with the reprisal of Verdi’s operatic masterpiece Aida. Opera Australia has reimagined one of its treasured gems and history’s most-loved and oft-performed…
Since it was first performed in the Sydney Opera House in 1991, the late Elojah Moshinsky’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s Rigoletto returns to the stage. Rigoletto is one of the treasured gems of Opera Australia’s repertoire and its revival directed…
Australia’s biggest outdoor stage is set for one of Puccini’s most loved, and most performed, operas. Opera Australia’s much anticipated Handa Opera production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour is an agonising story of unrequited love and imperialist capitalism that…
David McVicar’s third revival of his highly celebrated 2014 Don Giovanni has hit the stage at Sydney Opera House with a dramatically dark and rampantly carnal production. Mozart’s Don Giovanni is an infamous tale of a pleasure-seeker’s demise and is…
A league of extraordinary performers meet once a year. To learn more, The Plus Ones talk with Alexander Briger AO, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Australian World Orchestra. From May 2nd to 5th, the Australian World Orchestra will…
With the sound of relentless wind, the light shimmer of strings, and chilling piano notes, the opening credits of Mountain begin. Mountain is the latest hybrid odyssey that the Australian Chamber Orchestra has created. It is a seamless marriage of…
Zoe Knighton, Cellist for the Flinders Quartet, asked the audience, ‘is it possible to identify a composer’s country of origin simply by the sounds they use?’ On a chilly Sunday afternoon we found out just that -natural surrounds permeate compositions….
While this wasn’t my first classical performance at a major venue, it was my first at the Sydney Opera House, which is, let’s be honest, a pretty big deal to anyone interested in the arts. The performance: Vivaldi: The New Four…