Live Review: Rigoletto
BY LUCY RASH Opera Australia with Orchestra VictoriaDirected by Roger Hodgman and conducted by Renato PalumboRigoletto by VerdiState Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, April 12 The first […]
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Live Review: Sitkovetsky Trio (Chamber Music’s Harry, Ron, and Hermione)
BY GABRIELLE RUTTICO Musica Viva: The Sitkovetsky TrioPiano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 by SmetanaPiano Trio ‘The Village’ by Carl Vine (World Premiere)Piano Trio in […]
Live Review: Handel’s Orlando
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hobart Baroque FestivalDirected by Chas Rader-Shieber and conducted by Erin Helyard (Orchestra of the Antipodes)Orlando by HandelTheatre Royal, 2 April 2014 ‘Make love not war’ […]
Live Review: Hobart Baroque’s Ensemble HB
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hobart Baroque Festival Ensemble HB Air in G, BWV 1068; Harpsichord Concerto in D (Allegro, Adagio e Piano Sempre, Allegro) by Bach Trio […]
Live Review: Opera Australia’s Carmen
BY SPENCER DARBY Opera Australia Carmen by Bizet Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre, 20 March 2014 Bizet’s Carmen is well-known territory for Opera Australia, and for good reason. […]
CD Review: Brian Wroten’s Tasman
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE CD Release: Tasman by Brian Wroten Brian Wroten’s Tasman boasts all the confidence and passion of a 21st Century composer with a millennium’s worth […]
Live Review: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
BY SAM GILLIES Perth International Arts Festival ‘Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea’West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carolyn KuanA Symphony for […]
Live Review: Bach Magnificat
BY BEN NIELSEN Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Bach Magnificat Sydney City Recital Hall, 19 February 2014 The cathedral-like City Recital Hall was soon brimming with people: […]