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Melba has collaborated with virtuoso wind player Nick Byrne to bring the sounds of the ophicleide to twenty-first century music lovers. Berlioz and Meyerbeer in France, and Mendelssohn and Wagner in Germany wrote for it but these days no one plays...
Melba Recordings CEO, Maria Vandamme took the label into the huge, discerning American market when she flew to New York for the company’s North American launch in January. Mr Anthony Pratt and Mrs Jeanne Pratt AC hosted the launch party where the...
Das Rheingold was launched at a private function at the Australian Club on October 26th by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Senator The Hon. Rod Kemp, in the presence of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, and Mrs Jeanne Pratt AC, Melba Foundation...
Das Rheingold was launched at a private function at the Australian Club on October 26th by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Senator The Hon. Rod Kemp, in the presence of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, and Mrs Jeanne Pratt AC, Melba Foundation...
Das Rheingold was launched at a private function at the Australian Club on October 26th by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Senator The Hon. Rod Kemp, in the presence of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, and Mrs Jeanne Pratt AC, Melba Foundation...
Das Rheingold was launched at a private function at the Australian Club on October 26th by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Senator The Hon. Rod Kemp, in the presence of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, and Mrs Jeanne Pratt AC, Melba Foundation...
To celebrate the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s birth, Melba Recordings is proud to present a stunning live recording of his Tenth Symphony by the Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Alexander Anissimov. "These days there is always debate...
To celebrate the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s birth, Melba Recordings is proud to present a stunning live recording of his Tenth Symphony by the Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Alexander Anissimov. "These days there is always debate...
Doubt that the dancing stars shine doubt even that the sun is bright, and that on the damp earth flowers grow; doubt tears, doubt smiling, and doubt that there are angels in paradise, but believe in love. Franco Faccio (Amleto, 1865) What is...
Her big voice graces a new Wagner recording as Lisa Gasteen heads home to sing 'Salome'. When she was little, says Wagnerian diva Lisa Gasteen, her family called her "the peacock baby". A few of those famous operatic throat muscles come into play...