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Written by Anne-Louise LuccariniBorn in Modena on 18 July 1670, 350 years ago this month, Giovanni Bononcini was the firstborn...

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One larger-than-life character dominates the stage in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and in a very well-known opera by Verdi. Almost 100 years before, Salieri wrote his version of this comedy with its finale of shenanigans in Windsor Forest when the merry wives are the victors over a jealous husband and the would-be seducer, Falstaff. Salieri’s Falstaff opens the 2022 year of Wednesday night operas.

CD Reviews James Nightingale

Ottorino Respighi is a composer known for being something of a polymath, speaking eleven languages fluently. It’s therefore no surprise that this collection of songs features works in Italian, French and English.

CD Reviews Paul Cooke

Sarah Elise Thompson is a young Sydney-based composer who studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Gerard Brophy. She has received commissions from a wide range of artists, including The Song Company, Australian Youth Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring, PLEXUS and Deborah Cheetham, some of whom return the favour and appear on this album.

Breakfast Interviews Simon Moore

Puccini’s Turandot is back with Opera Australia from 12 January to 14 March. Simon Moore spoke with soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who is excited to be taking on the title role from 9 February.

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An Emergent Jazz special broadcast Saturday 8th Jan at 7:00, Emergent Jazz moves its focus to a special broadcast of Emergent Voices. From...

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On J.S. Bach: Piano Transcriptions from Russia and the USSR, pianist Nadia Koudasheva presents the work of Russian/Soviet transcribers, ranging from neglected pianists such as Alexandr Nemerovsky and Igor Ilyin to the more well-known Sergei Rachmaninov and Tatiana Nikolaeva.

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Thank you, Maureen. After presenting jazz on 2MBS FineMusic Sydney since 2000, Maureen Meers is hanging up her microphone and earphones.

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“I am the apotheosis of world creation. I am the aim of aims, the end of ends.” It might be thought appropriate that a man who could give these words to the autobiographical hero of his opera had been born (according to the Julian calendar,