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Renowned artists, works and premieres are on the table for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's new season.

Celebratory concerts such as this are always a mixed bag. Those who like American songs will often be at odds with those who prefer the sounds of old Vienna. The days are long gone when a traditional German orchestra sounded stiff and formal playing a Broadway tune. The fabulous Dresdeners are quite at ease in this music and play it better than most. The deliciously slinky way they have with Gershwin’s Strike up the Band Overture would match all comers. Thielemann is on top of all musical styles, even though the first half of the concert is clearly the better half. Renée Fleming’s voice is best suited to operatic items; she sounds as if she’s slumming it in the American material. Her version of I Could Have Danced All Night is breathlessly over the top. She is simply too heavy for those parts and tries too hard to be ‘cool’. Vogt, with his superb voice and matinee good looks is a charmer. Although in Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better by Irving Berlin, he is under par and Fleming is simply wrong. The alternate verses are sung in German, which is a treat for us Anglos. The overtures from many of… Continue…

Mezzo-soprano, cancer survivor and general role model celebrates in style with gala tribute in New York.

The American soprano joins Lang Lang, Alfie Boe and… Kylie Minogue in concert at Buckingham Palace. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Limelight's panel of experts presents 12 opera stars making musical history.