Editor's Choice Event Series Brisbane Bel Canto

Opera Queensland: Lucia di Lammermoor

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
The centrepiece of this bel canto festival is Patrick Nolan’s costumed concert staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with star soprano Jessica Pratt. Richard Mills conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the cast includes Carlos Bárcenas as Lucia’s lover Edgardo and Sam Dundas as her brother Enrico. Pratt, a world-famous advocate for…

Ensemble Q: The Trout

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
The number 5 has great significance in many facets of life, whether it be the number of digits on the hand, points on a star, human senses or tastes. Of course there are 5 lines in a stave, 5 Olympic rings - and 5 stars signifies the highest achievement. In this program…
Event Series Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier

QPAC: Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Deborah Conway is one of Australia’s most iconic musicians. She broke out in 80s pop outfit Do-Ré-Mi, whose smash hit Man Overboard became a feminist anthem, and went solo with her debut album String of Pearls, which yielded the classic single “It’s Only the Beginning”. She’s since written and recorded ten albums…
Editor's Choice Event Series Triumphant Tchaikovsky

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Triumphant Tchaikovsky

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
“I want so much to show not only to others, but to myself, that I still haven’t expired,” Tchaikovsky wrote in 1881. Despite such concerns, his Fifth Symphony proved exceedingly popular and even inspired the song Moon Love, made famous by Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. Maestro Andrew Gourlay pairs…