Opera Australia News
The February 2001 Opera magazine contains
a long article by Ms Shirley Apthorp on Ms Simone Young,
Artistic and Music Director of Opera Australia. Among
other things, Ms Young outlines her "new emphasis"
on German repertoire, with productions of Die Freischütz
and Die Meistersinger to come and Arabella,
Parsifal, and Moses und Aaron on her "wish
list". Given the enthusiastic response to Paul Curran's
talk about his work with the Russian repertoire, many
members will be pleased to learn that Ms Young plans to
bring operas such as The Queen of Spades, Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk, Rusalka, and some Rimsky-Korsakoff
to the OA. The article notes that Ms Young will be conducting
the Harry Kupfer directed Ring Cycle at the Berlin Staatsoper
as well as a repeat of the Vienna Ring Cycle.
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