by Rosie van Heerde | Sep 6, 2015 | Classical, Music, Musical Theatre, Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 5 Sep. From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Mozart, Bernstein to Bizet and all the greats in between, this production soared from the very beginning. Featuring the sublime vocals of bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Adelaide...
by Rosie van Heerde | Aug 23, 2015 | Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Sat 22 Aug. As the saying goes, “the devil is in the detail” – a statement that could not be truer for State Opera of South Australia’s brilliant production of Gounod’s Faust. In faithfully recreating original director Sir David McVicar’s...
by Siân Williams | Jun 8, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Sun 8 Jun Peter Dawson and Jack O’Hagan were two of Australia’s most prolific musicians and composers, yet more widely lauded overseas than here on our own ground – and Dawson, in fact, heralded from Adelaide itself. Brought to the stage in the...
by Rosie van Heerde | May 27, 2015 | Opera, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre, Tue 26 May. You don’t need to be a fan of either Mozart or opera music to be completely captivated by State Opera SA’s Don Giovanni. In fact if you have never experienced opera before – Italian or otherwise, then this is perhaps the world’s...
by Jenna Bonavita | Mar 15, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Film, Music, Reviews
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Sat Mar 14 An augmented Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri, played to a packed Adelaide Entertainment Centre crowd in what was billed an extravaganza festival event. Yes, the voices of the Adelaide Festival Chorus and...