Review: Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Mind-blowing, once in a lifetime Gurrelieder show ticks all the boxes, and then some.
Mind-blowing, once in a lifetime Gurrelieder show ticks all the boxes, and then some.
Bristling with passion and pathos, Rattle delivers the finest of Kát’as.
Gurrelieder was one of Schoenberg’s greatest public triumphs. We discuss the cantata with Simone Young, who's conducting the Sydney premiere.
The Sydney Symphony’s Chief Conductor gives a preview of the start of the Orchestra’s season, with two landmark events and one shining jewel.
An outstandingly detailed Siegfried from Rattle, providing you can live with the lead.
The stars align, literally and figuratively, as Simone Young’s four-year Ring Cycle lifts off to a rapturous ovation.
The SSO's Chief Conductor Simone Young talks to Limelight about some of her personal highlights in the upcoming season.
Superb performances by two last-minute jump-ins, their fellow cast members, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the SSO under Simone Young make the most of Beethoven’s troubled piece.
Lorelei gets a second life, Opera Australia's digital Aida comes to town, and Simon O'Neill stars in Tristan und Isolde.
Acclaimed New Zealand tenor Simon O’Neill will take on the title role in the company's semi-staged production, which coincides with Opera Australia's recently announced Ring Cycle in Brisbane.
O’Neill’s Decca recital debut delivers a whole lotta love.
The Kiwi Heldentenor, one of the leading Wagnerians of his generation, talks about his new album of German lieder, his idol Fritz Wunderlich, his new opera role, and “commuting” from New Zealand.
How serious new music is fusing classical and contemporary. How Mozart, Ravel and Liszt really died. Is West Side Story more relevant than ever?