The travels of an opera singer
The travels of an opera singer
On a sunny winter day in July, 2022, I arrived in Brisbane. In a few months time I would be singing the mezzo-soprano solo in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony, and I had come to the city for 48 hours to run through the score with the conductor, Simon Hewett, and to do a round of publicity …
I have to admit I never thought I would ever travel to Saudi Arabia. A country previously closed to those without business or religious reasons to visit, the country opened to general tourism in 2019. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and his government announced Vision 2030 in 2016. The Vision is described as a …
Really, really “cool’ actually. Our Certificate of Achievement states we survived a night in an ice sculpted bedroom with a constant temperature of minus 5. The outdoor temperature on the same night, was -3 degrees celsius, which, we were told by the locals, was fairly mild for late December. We are at the Icehotel in …
Brycefield Estate is one of the Hunter Valley’s most recognisable properties. Described as ‘standing proud in it’s commanding position overlooking Pokolbin, Lovedale and the Brokeback Ranges,’ our home is set on approximately fifty acres of elevated, gently rolling wine country. When my partner Dr Bruce Caldwell and I purchased the house in 2018, we knew …
Pecorino, it’s not just a cheese… If you are a cheese lover you will most likely be familiar with pecorino, a kind of cousin to parmigiano; a hard, salty cheese made from sheep’s milk. What you may not yet have discovered is that pecorino is also a native Italian grape variety. This pale, small and …