The travels of an opera singer
The travels of an opera singer
Many months ago my attention was drawn to a 25 minute, comic one-act opera monologue written for mezzo-soprano based on the words of American cooking personality Julia Child. The friend and colleague who sent me the music said he could imagine me singing the role, suggesting it would be a fun piece to perform at …
Dear singing students, Staying motivated during the weeks and months ahead when you will not be able to meet face to face with your teachers and coaches will be a new challenge for us all. Courses and study modules have come to an abrupt stop, rehearsals and performances have been postponed, lessons have been cancelled. …
Performances: February 11, 16, 21 Article can also be found on classicmelbourne.com.au Fifty years after Joan Sutherland sang the role of Lucia di Lamermoor in Milan another Australian, soprano Jessica Pratt, makes her own La Scala debut in Donizetti’s opera in a production directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. The …
Baritone Warwick Fyfe is no stranger to the spotlight. He has a long list of vocal successes with Opera Australia in works as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado and Verdi’s difficult title roles Rigoletto and Falstaff. It is the Wagner repertoire however, that Warwick has always found most alluring, and so it was with …
as published on www.classicmelbourne.com.au Deborah Humble talks with tenor Sam Sakker about his expectations from the Covent Garden Young Artist Programme. Australia’s geographical isolation has always meant that young singers have had to travel far from home seeking to broaden their musical and cultural horizons. In September this year three more Australians will join the …