Messiaen’s opera at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
This describes our wonderful experience attending a performance of Messiaen's opera Saint Francois d'Assise at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg last year. It was an exciting confluence of music and architecture.
Review: Unfortunate miscasting in Sunset Boulevard revival
Our review of the latest revival of Sunset Boulevard presented by Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment at the Joan Sutherland Theatre. With controversial (mis)casting of Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond, we opted to see the alternate Sophie Paladino in role instead.
Rapito (Kidnapped): The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara – a film review
Review of an Italian movie based on a real story involving the abduction of a six-year-old boy from a Jewish family under papal authority, based on an outrageous belief that a secret baptism performed by a fourteen year old minder of his when he was an infant meant he must be raised a Catholic.
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