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The ‘ne plus ultra’ of Verdi birthday boxes.
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On the eve of his Australian tour, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel chats intimately about Wagner, Verdi, viticulture and the NSW Golf Club.
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Villazón comeback continues with a tribute to Italy’s birthday boy.
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Sydney first and Tassie last in first ever blind-listening test of Australia’s orchestras.
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A magnificent live production done justice on DVD.
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Opera Australia’s heavyweight champion talks Falstaff, fatsuits and fad diets.
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Warwick Fyfe’s magnificent peformance for Opera Australia proves there’s nothing wrong with new wine in old bottles.
Gallery
Simon Phillips' production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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Maybe not Caruso's 'dream team' but this revival of Verdi's blockbuster has its moments.
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Elke Neidhardt's production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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V for Verdi, V for Vendetta: in this dark take on dictatorship, terrorism and betrayal, everyone wears a mask.
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La Fura dels Baus' sinister new production makes conspiracies and regicide seem inevitable.
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Verdi year begins – watch footage from the session.
Gallery
Sterling performances from Warwick Fyfe, Jose Carbo, Teddy Tahu Rhodes... And the cancan.
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Lyndon Terracini presents a tale of two operatic titans in two cities.
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In
Opera -
Sarah Noble -
Jul 17, 2012
Gens scores a hat trick with heroines familiar and forgotten.
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Not even wet weather fears can dampen the excitement surrounding Opera on Sydney Harbour.
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Limelight hopped in a water taxi to follow the 9.5m chandelier and its 10,000 Swarovski crystals across the Harbour.
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Opera's 12 most gripping last gasps: stabbings, suicides, strangulation and more!
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Our pick of the top ten opera films of all time – from Zeffirelli to Bergman.
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Classical Music -
May 25, 2011
The launch of Opera Australia's Opera on Sydney Harbour at the Sydney Opera House May 24.
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Muti’s is a performance with a sharp feeling for drama.
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This CD is an excellent example of what has happened to the recording industry since the collapse of European Communism – an Albanian soprano recorded in Croatia singing French and Italian arias for a British company
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Going mad on stage necessarily involves making a frightful racket, unlike the crushing, often silent insanity of real life.
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Do adjust your dial for this dynamic recording.
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In
Opera -
Sarah Noble -
Jan 11, 2011
Vittorio Grigolo’s Sony debut, four years ago, was as a crossover star, crooning easy-listening Italian pop. But don’t let that fool you.
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Opera -
Alex Chilvers -
Jan 10, 2011
Verdi’s La Traviata will be performed on a floating stage on Sydney Harbour next year, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has announced.
Review
These discs contain highlights from 11 Verdi operas (including a rarely heard aria in French from The Sicilian Vespers) designed to showcase Pavarotti.
