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1/08/2006
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...
1/08/2006
The groundbreaking Australian label Melba Recordings is making international waves.
Its founder Maria Vandamme explains where it’s heading…
When we decided to record the State Opera of South Australia’s Ring cycle on SACD we did it for the...
25/07/2006
"For every hundred begging letters you write, maybe you get one response,'' sighs Maria Vandamme, founder and artistic director of the Australian classical label Melba Recordings. While she looks exhausted just talking about it, it seems to...
22/07/2006
A small Australian record label is daring to take an untrodden path with SACD, Michael Quinn reports
Is the recording industry dying? If the fate of the so-called major labels is any indication, then yes it is. With Warner Classics the latest high...
15/07/2006
... In June there was a great advance for Australian Wagnerites: Melba Recordings' excellent Die Walküre, taken from the State Opera of South Australia's Ring performances in Adelaide in late 2004. The three other operas are to follow ... [so here]...
1/07/2006
Two years ago Maria Vandamme received an interesting proposition. As head of Melba Recordings she was approached by the State Opera of South Australia to record the first Australian production of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
During her many years as a...
19/06/2006
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...
7/06/2006
The launch of Die Walküre took place in great style at the Australian Club in Melbourne on 7 June 2006. The Federal Arts Minister, Senator Rod Kemp launched the recording and performing were two of The Melba Ring singers – mezzo Donna Marie-...
25/05/2006
After two years of hard grind, Maria Vandamme is set to take Adelaide's Ring cycle to the world. But her critics have not gone away, writes Katrina Strickland.
Maria Vandamme was ecstatic when she was awarded $5 million in the May 2004 federal...
22/05/2005
What is the key to reaching the top? Steve Dow talks to ... Australia's high achievers - from fields as diverse as business, charity, media and medicine - to find out how they succeeded and what they would tell those hoping to ascend the ladder...
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