Review: Donald Runnicles conducts Fauré’s Requiem (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Donald Runnicles offers up a rich and often exquisite meditation on death.
Donald Runnicles offers up a rich and often exquisite meditation on death.
Donald Runnicles and the SSO pair Messiaen and Bruckner in a concert that touches on the divine.
The Scottish maestro is the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor. He talks to Clive Paget about early obsessions, managing relationships, and the thorny question of God and music.
Marin Alsop returns with an international Beethoven project, as does violinist Christian Tetzlaff, while the orchestra moves into the Town Hall.
We speak to David Robertson as the SSO looks to the future in a season of blockbuster concerts and new appointments, from Lang Lang’s return to Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes.
Zambello's finely-judged Ring goes up in flames leaving the women to inherit what's left of the earth.
A gripping production and fine acting count for much, but this Siegfried is still holding out for a hero.
A strongly cast production with real gravitas makes for a very fine second instalment in Wagner's Ring Cycle.
A finely cast Rheingold makes an appropriately glittering start to Zambello's 'American' Ring.
A touching tribute to an absent artist and a superb account of Mahler Ten makes this evening a gift.
The mezzo-soprano has withdrawn from her upcoming SSO performances after her husband died at the weekend.
Donald Runnicles and Nelson Freire prove you can't take familiar music for granted.
The March 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine features Australian star soprano destined to follow Sutherland to the very top – meet Nicole Car.