| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2012 Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre | Emma Matthews delivers in Opera Australia's Lucia di Lammermoor |
.jpg) For many opera fans, especially here in Australia, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor is indelibly connected with the late, much lamented Joan Sutherland. She made her breakthrough as Lucia in a Covent Garden production of 1959, and continued to sing the part for over three decades, thankfully leaving several celebrated recordings. All eyes and ears were therefore on Emma Matthews on Friday night, as she took on the role in a new production of Donizetti’s masterpiece at the Sydney Opera House.Read full review... | |
| 25-Nov-2011 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in Sydney |
 Mahler's Second Symphony is most certainly epic and needs an epic performance to do it justice. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs went some way to achieving this on Friday night. The symphony deals with weighty themes of life, death and resurrection and contains Mahler's own vision of immortality in its triumphant conclusion.
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