Monthly Archives: December 2011

Bah! Humbug! Tama takes Scrooge to the airwaves

He most recently directed Opera Australia’s The Love of the Nightingale… But before that Tama Matheson recorded a captivating radio play of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

The Opera Blog

Das Lied von Berlin

A week of Mahler with the Berlin Philharmonic? Don’t mind if I do.

THE FOLLOW-UP

Different piano folks for different key strokes

Acoustically speaking, those who come to hear my second album will be treated to three sound worlds for the price of one. Here’s why the recorded sound is so important, how we’ll achieve it, and which piano cuts the mustard three ways.

An Ode to Guy Noble

Have you ever been to a classical music event that could have been jaw-droppingly boring, except Guy Noble was there to save the day? I have.

THE FOLLOW-UP

On track lists and heroines

We’re really getting down to the nitty-gritty on The Good, the Bad and the Awkward now — the nuts and bolts, the details. This is actually the part of the process that I like the best… Dare I say perhaps even more than recording or performing?