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. …
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 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 …
Sydney born Daniel Carter began learning the piano at age 4, started composing at 11, and went to his first opera at 14. That opera was the opening night of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at the Opera House, and after that he knew he not only wanted to be a conductor, but an opera conductor. …