Pic: Rosie Hastie
Fairfax, Limelight and Carolyn McDowall (the cultureconcept circle) have given Artistic Director Leo Schofield and Executive Director Jarrod Carland’s Hobart Baroque stunning reviews …
• Michael Shmith, Fairfax: A pure delight to savour
Handel: Orlando
★ ★ ★ ★
Theatre Royal, Hobart, March 28
Xavier Sabata (Countertenor)
★ ★ ★ ★
Orchestra of the Antipodes, cond.
Erin Helyard
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart,
March 29
Hobart is indeed the place for a festival, particularly a Baroque one. Somehow, the further south you go in this world, the purer the music sounds. Friday night’s opener, a focused and utterly charming production of Handel’s 1733 opera seria, Orlando, was wonderfully performed, directed and designed.
• Limelight: Concert review: Julia Lezhneva & the TSO (Hobart Baroque)
By Clive Paget on Mar 31, 2014 (18 hours ago) filed under Classical Music | 1 Comment
Vivaldi, Handel and Mozart give Lezhneva a chance to play a dazzling game of Russian roulades.
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart
March 30, 2014
There was a definite buzz in the air for the headline act at this year’s Hobart Baroque. The reputation of the 24-year-old Russian coloratura had clearly preceded her and this was an audience expecting something a little bit special.
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Reviews: Fairfasx, Limelight, Carolyn McDowall
