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3/10/2014
The lucky winner is Kevin Cox who sent this reply to WHY I LOVE OPERA:
I love opera because of the 8th Wonder of the world - Dame Joan Sutherland having heard her many times.
There were many other wonderful responses, including the following:
Melba’...
29/09/2014
25/09/2014
Michael Williams speaks with Maria Vandamme, founder and head of Melba Recordings, regarding a recent grant from the office of Federal Arts Minister, George Brandis.
23/09/2014
Ben Eltham‘s article "...grant to Melba bypasses scrutiny" (18 September) is filled with inaccuracies and displays a gross misunderstanding of the circumstances relating to the Melba Foundation, Melba Recordings and its funding.
It is not the first...
21/06/2014
Tributes poured in when the much-loved French coach Denise Shepherd (nee Schubenel) passed away in Melbourne on May 30. Denise was regarded in Australian opera and concert circles as a national treasure. She generously shared her love of French...
1/05/2014
Peter Craven's article in the Melbourne Review.
Why does Australia have so much difficulty realising it’s onto a good thing when it comes to the arts? Why are we so willing to let excellence wither and die, or run the risk of doing so, when the...
30/04/2014
The unanimous acclaim from pundits and public alike that greeted Guillaume Tourniaire’s conducting of Opera Australia’s new production of Eugene Onegin in Sydney and Melbourne should have surprised no-one who has been keeping up with developments in...
20/04/2014
How does the Australia Council set its funding priorities?“Dumping” is a trade term, denoting the practice whereby one country unloads its surplus production on another at a price the locals can't match. Dumping has undermined Australia's...
15/10/2013
How a small Australian record label is bringing the world to Australia, and Australia to the world.Two remarkable conductors whose fortunes owe much to a small Melbourne-based recording company with big ambitions are about to play significant roles...
7/08/2013
The Benaud Trio Launch Album At South Melbourne Town Hall
by Paul Cashmere on August 7, 2013
Australian classical group The Benaud Trio chose the South Melbourne Town Hall for the launch of their new album ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because that is where...
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