Review: Verdi’s Requiem (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Verdi's sacred masterpiece brought stunningly to life.
Verdi's sacred masterpiece brought stunningly to life.
The conductor tells us about his Tristan und Isolde, Limelight's Opera Recording of the Year 2019, and what's next on his bucket list for WASO.
The orchestra has jumped to the top of Ian Whitney’s annual analysis of Australian music advertised in the season brochures of the Major Performing Arts funded orchestras.
Lovers united – Fisch finesses a matter of love and death.
What do you do with a chorus of witches? And a less than heroic hero? These are just some of the challenges Verdi’s Macbeth poses for a director, says Stuart Maunder.
James Ledger's new Viola Concerto, performed by Brett Dean, was a concert highlight alongside Florent Schmitt and Berlioz.
Vespers in the afternoon prove a delightful spring treat.
Recording WASO’s concert performance of Tristan und Isolde with Asher Fisch and Stuart Skelton was a huge challenge, says producer Virginia Read, but also a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Power and passion as soloist and conductor trade places.
Concert performances of Fidelio by WASO, the return of Cloudstreet and a celebration of Gurrumul are among the shows announced.
A concert Fidelio, Beethoven's Piano Concertos in one week, Deborah Cheetham's Eumeralla, and some exciting debuts are on Asher Fisch's next program.
Power and passion from performers at the top of their game.
The 19th century’s most romantic of Romantics was never short of an alter ego to embody his complex musical ideas. Ahead of performances of his ever-popular Piano Concerto, Clive Paget talks to Asher Fisch and asks will the real Robert Schumann please stand up?