by FringeGuest1 | Mar 2, 2019 | Adelaide Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Opera, Reviews
[OPERA ~ GERMANY] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 1 Mar. The Magic Flute was Mozart’s final opera, written and first performed in 1791, only a few months before his death. The libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder. This adaptation, presented by...
by Clayton Werner | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews
[ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUSTRALIA/CHINA/RUSSIA] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. I’m going to start at the finish, so to speak. The main feature act, but by no means the only one, was a collection of Joaquin Rodrigo pieces, collectively known as...
by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 5, 2018 | Classical, Music, Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 4 Aug. Celebrating 20 years since they first brought Wagner’s Ring Cycle to life, State Opera of South Australia are commemorating this milestone with a magnificent production of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of...
by Nikki Fort | Jul 12, 2018 | Interviews, Live Music, Music, Orchestra
by Nikki Fort. Marking the 50th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin, Adelaide’s Zep Boys with their 36-piece Black Dog Orchestra (conducted by Dom Harvey) had a hugely successful eight-city tour of the UK last year, culminating in a sell-out concert at the London Palladium....
by Catherine Blanch | Nov 4, 2016 | Classical, Interviews, Music, Opera
by Catherine Blanch. Formed nearly 40 years ago by members of the various university choral societies who wanted to keep singing together after graduating from university, Graduate Singers has since grown to include people from all walks of life – not just university...