On the eve of her first visit to Australia for fifteen months, soprano Siobhan Stagg talks to me about her forthcoming engagements, the joys and challenges of a demanding performance schedule and why she still calls Australia home… Growing up in Mildura as the middle child between two brothers, Siobhan credits her school teacher parents …
Opera Australia chorus member Robert Mitchell retires after 41 years in the spotlight…
Opera Australia chorister ROBERT MITCHELL is saying farewell to the operatic stage. In a career that has included playing slaves to royalty, priests to devils, courtesans, tragics, comics, lyrics, ridicules, drunks, dukes and yes, even one duchess, the 66 year old baritone has literally seen and done it all in operatic terms. He retires after …
Venice Dreaming…
Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.” George Gordon Noel Byron Venice robes her for the ball; Decked with spangles bright, Multi-coloured Carnival Teems with laughter light. Harlequin with negro mask, Tights of serpent hue, Beateth with a …