Hello, my name is Carolyn McDowall and I would like to welcome you to the October edition of Muse~News the newsletter of The Culture Concept Circle (The Circle). We hope this issue demonstrates our purpose well and that Muse~News will become of increasing value and interest to our readers. Our…
Australian born opera singer Elena Xanthoudakis, whose heritage on her father’s side is appropriately Greek, is starring as Eurydice, and the Spirit this December in the Pinchgut Opera’s presentation of L’Anima del Filosofo – Orpheus + Eurydice by Joseph Haydn at Sydney. A must for opera buffs it will also seduce those who are opera virgins.
Currently at Warsaw young Queensland pianist and Australian National Piano Award winner (2008) Jayson Gillham is one of eighty-one pianists from 23 countries competing for honours at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, marking the bicentennial of the composer’s birth.
Hi, it is with great pleasure we welcome members, subscribers and supporters to Muse News September 2010. We have intentionally built a lot of flexibility into the subjects covered by our newsletter, so you can access it, read the articles and watch online videos at your convenience…
Karen Lonsdale, Artistic Director, has let us know about the inaugural Logan Summer Music Workshops to be held in Brisbane from Friday December 17 to Sunday December 19. This is a weekend of innovative music workshops for all ages, all instruments and voice. Award winning and inspiring tutors will facilitate intensive music learning in a supportive and creative atmosphere.
From Brisbane comes the results of the Q Song Music Awards 2010 in a vast variety of musical categories that are proof that musical talent is alive and well, especially in Queensland in Spring. From Keith Urban to Powderfinger, from Jeffrey Black to Lisa Gasteen, Andre Rieu’s favourite, the lovely…
Joseph Haydn’s Orpheus is an opera in Italian in four acts, the last he ever wrote. The libretto, by Carlo Francesco Badini, is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The story of Orpheus has fascinated composers and librettists over the centuries. Pinchgut Opera…
