We are delighted to announce that the Awards for Young Musicians annual awards programme for talented young musicians is open for applications. We would be really grateful if this could be shared so this opportunity can reach as many young people as possible. It is a wonderful, inspiring organisation. All contact details below. The information…
Month: January 2014
Review of Joan Sutherland tour recording 1965 – Opera News 2003
Joan Sutherland “LIVE IN AUSTRALIA 1965 Excerpts from Semiramide, Faust, La Traviata, La Sonnambula. Harwood, Sinclair, Elms; Pavarotti, J. Alexander, Opthof, Rouleau, Cross, others. Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus, Bonynge/Weibel. Desirée Records CD 2965 (Norbeck, Peters & Ford, dist., 802-868-9300) On July 17, 1951, Joan Sutherland left Sydney, Australia, with a purse full…
Rare recording of Joan Sutherland from the 1965 tour of Australia
Joan Sutherland 1965 tour A recording of Dame Joan Sutherland, live in Australia 1965 (Vol. 2) Desiree Records is available via this link Volume 1 sold out (let’s hope they press some more CDs). These recordings have particular significance for the Trust as Isla Baring’s father, Sir Frank Tait, produced this tour as part of…
Andrew Sinclair – Australian international opera director with San Diego Opera | Pagliacci
Andrew Sinclair – D i r e c t o r Andrew Sinclair was born in Melbourne and has directed productions for all the major Australian opera companies. Following engagements with Welsh National Opera, English National Opera (then Sadler’s Wells) and a London season of the Bolshoi Ballet, he was appointed Deputy Stage Manager for…
Tait Awardee, Helena Dix success in Seattle Opera 2014 International Wagner Competition
Thrilled that @HelenaDix is an alternate finalist in the 2014 International Wagner Competition in Seattle. Brava Helena Seattle Opera Announces Finalists for 2014 International Wagner Competition – BWWOperaWorld.
Classical Music News; Music, Arts and Culture Reviews; Classical Events Guide – Limelight Magazine
Well written piece from Limelight Magazine @LimelightEd about the success of the three young Australian singers who have been offered places in the @RoyalOperaHouse, Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. Also mentioned are Australians, Greg Eldridge (director) and Kiandra Howarth (soprano) who continue with the programme. 5 young Australians in the programme… Classical Music News; Music,…
Five new singers to join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2014 < News – Royal Opera House
Thrilled to be able to announce that 2013 Tait Awardee, Lauren Fagan has been offered a place in the Royal Opera House, Jette Parker Young Artists Programme to begin in September 2014. The news is even sweeter as two other young Australian singers have also been offered a place; Tenor, Sam Sakker and Baritone, Samuel…
Jayson Gillham, Wigmore Hall. 27 January 2014
Dear Tait Trust friends, supporters, followers I was very privileged to perform at John Amis’s memorial concert on 8th October. A wonderfully colourful and lively event which was a fitting celebration for a colourful and lively man. I met John for the first time very near the end of his life at a concert I…
Ken Neate, The Australian Tenor
Beautifully written article about the great Australian tenor, Ken Neate (1914 – 1997) by the young Australian tenor, now in New York, Benjamin Sloman @ozitenor Ken Neate, The Australian Tenor.