Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Opera Blog
Michael Lewis on Figaro
The Australian baritone on playing the Count in Opera Australia’s thoroughly modern Marriage of Figaro.
KING'S SINGERS TOUR DIARY
Homecoming… With The King’s Singers in tow.
From Brisbane to my native New Zealand on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Christchurch was a moving experience for The King’s Singers on our Antipodean tour.
THE FOLLOW-UP
The 21st-century Troubadour: storytelling in music
Today’s troubadours are tech-savvy, and this one gets the message across with a piano and an iPhone.
KING'S SINGERS TOUR DIARY
Waltzing Matilda: no English accents allowed
It’s been an eventful week on tour with an amorous Valentine’s Day program, a thrilling night at the Sydney Opera House and the King’s Singers premiere of a new work written for us by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
KING'S SINGERS TOUR DIARY
A Kiwi in The King’s Singers, and an auspicious Adelaide debut
The King’s Singers have been enjoying the world’s best coffee, a spot of sun and the sounds of local choirs on our Australian tour.