Highlights include Steven Isserlis, Nicole Car’s ACO debut, an arrangement of the Goldbergs plus four world premieres. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis prove a match made in Massenet heaven.
The soprano brings her Mimì to the London stage, while Aussies fill out the ranks of the Covent Garden season. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Australian soprano will sing Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, sharing the role with Anna Netrebko. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The star tenor in Parsifal leads a season that includes Nicole Car, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Emma Matthews and Ermonela Jaho. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A beautiful production where gentle comedy makes way for profound sadness.
Vocal stars shine in a rare Verdi gem that deserves to be better known.
At only 30, the soprano is fast becoming an in-demand operatic globetrotter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Lyric soprano Nicole Car has been tipped by Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini as the next big thing in opera, as confirmed by her recent triumphs at Covent Garden. “She has the genuine, real potential to be the most important Australian opera singer since Joan Sutherland,” he says. Terracini may have a vested interest, but if they haven’t already seen her, Sydney and Melbourne operagoers will get a chance to gauge what all the fuss is about when she stars in two Opera Australia productions this year: first in the title role of Verdi’s Luisa Miller and then as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte. They can also get an idea from this, her first solo studio recording, which is excellently produced by the ABC Classics team. The 30 year-old from Essendon, Melbourne, built her reputation with roles like Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2014. Then last year she made a triumphant Royal Opera House debut in Onegin and as Micäela in Bizet’s Carmen (arias from both are featured on The Kiss). Car has a versatile voice – she started studying jazz singing before turning to orchestral – and… Continue reading…
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Nicole Car triumphs as Tatyana in Covent Garden's polished Kasper Holten revival.
★★★½☆ Nicole Car’s debut is one of the enjoyable highlights in a sometimes mediocre revival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
McVicar brews up an excellently cast comic cauldron of sex and social politics.
