Daily Archives: 09/05/2014

AUSTRALIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES IT WILL TOUR WITH ANDREA BOCELLI IN 2014

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The Australian Philharmonic Orchestra has today announced it will be touring both Australia and New Zealand with legendary tenor, Andrea Bocelli. Led by internationally renowned opera conductor Eugen Kohn, the 69-piece orchestra will be touring Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth this September.

This will in fact be the first time the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra have performed in New Zealand.

In each city, the legendary tenor will also be accompanied by 60 piece local choirs including The Auckland Choral, The Brisbane Chorale, The Sydney Philharmonia Choir, the Ashton Smith Singers (Melbourne), the Elder Conservatorium Chorale (Adelaide) and the West Australian Symphony Chorale.

The concerts will each be a two-part performance, featuring a selection of classical opera arias and songs, as well as hits from Andrea Bocelli’s latest album “Passione”- a collection of the world’s most beautiful love songs.

With one of the most recognisable voices in modern music, Andrea Bocelli is a global icon who has forged a career spanning almost 20 years, selling a staggering 80 million records worldwide. Bocelli last toured in Australia in 2008, performing sell-out arena concerts to an audience of over 65,000.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Auckland Vector Arena – September 11th

Brisbane Entertainment Centre – September 14th

Sydney Allphones Arena – September 16th

Adelaide Entertainment Centre – September 18th

Melbourne Rod Laver Arena – September 21st

Perth Arena – September 24th

 

Tickets are now on sale via www.andreabocelli.com/tickets or Ticketek.com.au in Australia and Ticketmaster.co.nz in New Zealand with prices starting at $99.00 per person.

 

MARINA PRIOR SONGBIRD – LIVE IN CONCERT

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MARINA PRIOR

SONGBIRD – LIVE IN CONCERT

16 August, 8pm

Australia’s leading lady of the theatre stage, Marina Prior celebrates “Songbird” in a one night only Sydney performance.

Marina Prior’s name is synonymous with many major productions of big musicals within Australia including The Phantom Of The Opera, Les Miserables and most recently Mary Poppins.
As part of a national tour, Marina Prior will perform at City Recital Hall on 16 August offering fans a collection of the most loved songs from across Marina’s illustrious career.

Accompanied by her musical director and pianist of 24 years, David Cameron, don’t miss your chance to experience the vocal prowess of Marina Prior.

watch

 

reviews

“Marina Prior shows vocal power that has made her such a popular star”– The Age

“A force in Australian musical theatre” – Sydney Morning Herald

“Prior’s voice is both distinctive and timeless” – Adelaide Advertiser

“She had the crowd eating out of her hands”– The West Australian

purchase tickets

online at cityrecitalhall.com
by phone (02) 8256 2222
in person at City Recital Hall Angel Place
tickets $70 – $80 (additional fees may apply)
Concessions avilable

PINCHGUT OPERA

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PINCHGUT OPERA

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

5-7 July
An Italian chimney sweep seduces the women of the household in which he works, in order to bargain for his future. Composed by Antonio Salieri, The Chimney Sweep is a sexy, fun comedy filled with characters all shamelessly indulging their appetites.
Bribery and blackmail, anarchic domestic affairs, and venality reigns. But most of all, more wonderful music from the 18th century that you’ve probably never heard before.

The Chimney Sweep  (Der Rauchfangkehrer) gives Pinchgut audiences another opportunity to hear a rarely performed opera. And for those whose knowledge of Salieri comes from the excellent film Amadeus, Pinchgut is compelled to report that much of the story in the film is nonsense. Mozart’s murderer? Pah! Pinchgut’s production of The Chimney Sweep will restore Salieri’s good name, and his music!
To visit Pinchgut’s website, click here.

Libretto by Leopold Auenbrugger. Spoken and sung in English, German and Italian with English subtitles.

cast

Stuart Haycock Volpino
Amelia Farrugia Mrs Hawk
Janet Todd Miss Hawk
Alexandra Oomens Lisel
Christopher Saunders Mr Wolf
David Woloszko Mr Bear
David Hidden Tomasso

creatives

Erin Helyard Conductor & fortepiano
Mark Gaal Director
Orchestra of the Antipodes on period instruments

review

“The plucky little company has become a Sydney establishment, financially self-supporting, with a loyal audience, its own Orchestra of the Antipodes, a stable of regular soloists and a well-earned reputation for excellence.”
Financial Times

purchase tickets

online at cityrecitalhall.com
by phone (02) 8256 2222
in person at City Recital Hall Angel Place
tickets $30- $125 (additional fees may apply)

Sat 5 July 7pm
Sun 6 July 4.30pm
Mon 7 July 7pm

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

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BEACH, BUSH & BATTLERS:
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFF CARTER
Margaret Carnegie Gallery
15 March – 18 May

Jeff Carter (1928-2010) was a remarkable storyteller. For over 60 years he travelled Australia, using photography to celebrate the lives of ‘ordinary’ people at work and play, thereby producing one of this country’s most historically significant photographic archives. Beach, Bush & Battlers features images from the State Library, selected from Carter’s extraordinary collection of over 50,000 images of Australian life spanning 1944 to 2010.

BLACK ART / WHITE WALLS
Main Gallery
12 April – 15 June

Black Art / White Walls draws on the extensive collection of indigenous art built up by Adrian and Anne Newstead while working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists over the past 30 years. This collection is a personal one, built through individual relationships, serendipity, and a keen sense of historical and cultural importance.

LIENG LAY: STATE OF MIND
Links Gallery
19 April – 8 June
                                                         
State of Mind explores the complex relationship between mind and body, thought and emotion, illness and well being. It draws on a personal journey through pain, loss and grief. The works include a combination of figurative drawings, paintings, and automatic writings using ink, charcoal and mixed media onto differing surfaces such as paper, canvas and reclaimed perspex. Informed by her background as a physiotherapist, Lieng Lay’s expressive works of the figure capture the physicality of the human form.

NATIONAL STUDENT ART GLASS PRIZE 2014
National Art Glass Gallery
5 April – 29 June
                                                           
The latest installment of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s National Student Art Glass Prize, an acquisitive, biennial national competition established to promote innovation and excellence in contemporary glass within the student sector. The prize showcases and fosters the most outstanding student work from around Australia.

MARRAMBIDYA DABAAMALANG:
MURRUMBIDGEE GATHERING
E3 art space
27 May – 8 June

“Reconciliation through weaving, sharing and caring for one another.”

Join the Hands on Weavers Inc. for reconciliation through weaving, sharing and caring for one another. Join the weaving circle within the space for the duration of exhibition.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH
Tuesday 27 May, 3:00PM
E3 art space

ArtBlast! – CULTURAL PAINTING
Artist-in-Residence
Saturday 24 May, 1:30 – 4:00PM

                                 
Our monthly children’s workshop program ArtBlast! continues in May with Cultural Painting. Draw inspiration from the artwork of other peoples and places using brushes, paints and sticks.

Cost: $20 per participant per workshop
Bookings essential

ENRICH:
AUTUMN IKEBANA WORKSHOP
Artist-in-Residence
Saturday 31 May, 10:00AM – 4:00PM

How do you bring autumn into your home in an Ikebana arrangement?

Join tutor and artist Sandra Marker as she uses the unique format of Sogetsu Ikebana to express our fascination with nature’s inherent beauty through the seasons.