Retired from a career which took many paths and included many cities around the world. Singing principle roles in New York and Mexico, Alderman with Sydney City Council and environmental work at a University in Sydney. Now settled in Kariong on the Central Coast and hope to continue my work at the local radio station as a programmer and announcer and theatre critic. Music has always been my passion and hobby.
Gioachino Rossini wrote 39 operas, the last of which was Semiramide. It is considered by many his best and is certai... [more]
Ashton circus started travelling around Australia 160 years ago. Today, the seventh generation of Ashtons are still ... [more]
'I've loved making this gardenIt's been a great gift to my life It lets me find my life again And it's my gift to share ... [more]
A trip to Sydney from home on the last day of this rare collection of Dutch artists was a trip down memory lane for... [more]
'Where is your black stock?'
It is 1929 in outback Australia. The film opens with a murder, followed by a beating... [more]
Stardust Circus has a pedigree that goes back to 1893. Considering that P. T. Barnum started his circus in 1871, it ... [more]
'No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else'.
There is only one way to make a film about the greatest ... [more]
'It's all about Daisy'Hercule Poirot, who calls himself 'the greatest detective in the world' needs to travel to England... [more]
There are thousands of coloratura sopranos in the world but only a handful would dare to take on the role of 'Norma', Be... [more]
Staged on Lake Constance at Bregenz in Austria, Bizet's 'Carmen' came to life as never before. Opera today needs t... [more]
'They never feel so alive knowing at any minute they could die'
Mountain is an 87 minute documentary written by R... [more]
If you ever thought David Jones was outdated or out of touch – think again. During the annual carnival of flowers in e... [more]
'It is right to save humanity'
In 1989 former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, started travelling th... [more]
400,000 British and French troops were stranded on a beach at Dunkirk, France after being cornered and trapped by th... [more]
I left Kariong at 8.30 am to travel to Bowral for a meeting on the following day. The train trip to Sydney, as usual... [more]
On a warm Sunday afternoon in July was the premiere gala for the newly formed Lyric Opera Company on the Central Coa... [more]
This review contains major plot spoilers
A self-confessed pachyderm.
William Oldroy sets his new film based... [more]
Enoch Arden was one of Lord Alfred Tennyson's most famous poems which he wrote in 1864. Richard Strauss wrote the accomp... [more]
A great little theatre is soon to become a great large cinema complex. After 15 years battling with the local council ... [more]
'Lets' forget about tomorrow'
The 8th annual Italian Festival comes to the Ettalong Beach Tourist Resort this ... [more]
When is a home really finished? Minimalism is over and it's time to jazz up, colour up and change the look. The best... [more]
'There was so many pieces, I tried to hold his head together'
To portray the emotional state of a woman who h... [more]
'We believe your wife is a German Spy'
Allied is a romantic, period drama set in 1942 during WW11 and v... [more]
'Would she even look at you if you were not a King?'
This film is based on the true story written by Susan Williams... [more]
A remarkable true story of courage and compassion.
Private Desmond Doss refuses to carry a gun, but goes ahe... [more]
'If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy stories'. Albert Einstein.
The Brothers Grimm based t... [more]
Tosca is the masterpiece opera written by Puccini. It was first performed in Rome in 1900. It is one of the handful ... [more]
'Some days I want to say hello with a blow torch'
Link has turned his life around. A Vietnam Vet., ex-con on parole... [more]
The Pilobolus modern dance company was formed in 1971. It has bagged numerous awards and created over 100 choreographi... [more]
300 young musicians, the youngest being 9 years of age, and many appearing for the first time on the concert stage, ... [more]
Jennifer Saunders is considered one of the funniest women in Britain and has been well rewarded for her work with priz... [more]
In 1684, the first novel in this genre was published. It remained very popular throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. T... [more]
Donizetti is considered by many as 'the Great Master' of the 3 bel canto composers of the 19th century. Bel canto isn't ... [more]
Garry Thorpe, general manager of 4MBS, declared the 2016 Festival as 'a runaway success'. This year the theme was Great... [more]
Madam Butterfly needs a soprano who can musically and dramatically portray a 15 year old innocent girl, whose heart is b... [more]
Captain Cook on his arrival in 1770 proclaimed that Sydney Harbour is the finest he had ever seen – today the world is i... [more]
The theme for the 4MBS FM 23rd Festival of Classics for 2016 is Great Russian Masters. The team have put together a ... [more]
Italians have style, and to celebrate everything Italian, the 10th annual festival 'officially' starts on 23rd May. That... [more]
'Music has been my life: music matters'Florence Foster Jenkins is known as the 'Dreadful Diva', a title she richly deser... [more]
In the audience on opening night were many delighted fans familiar with the work of the director and creator of 'Velvet'... [more]
Opera has its headquarters in an architecturally magnificent "Temple' built for musicians who have music in their DNA. T... [more]
No organisation is too powerful to tackle, even when well-meaning citizens try their best to block your path.
So it w... [more]
Gold Coast Italian Festival is the brainchild of Alessandro Sorbello. The first festival was held in 2007. As part of t... [more]
The Golden Globes verify what audiences have been raving about. 'The Revenant' bagged Best Picture, Leonardo DiCaprio wo... [more]
A swing, a long curtain, a hoop, some fire, a trampoline, motorbikes that sound like a swarm of bees travelling at 45 ... [more]
Many readers know about 4MBS FM at Cooparoo, but very few may not be familiar with all the 250 volunteers do on a dail... [more]
The fact remains that women will only gradually gain gender equality with the 'permission' of men. Way back in 1405, Chr... [more]
Please note this review contains multiple spoilers
'Special Executive for Counter-intelligence Terrorism, Reveng... [more]
Il Trovatore was first performed in 1853 and has remained a favourite in the repertoire ever since. Enrico Crusoe said ... [more]
How do you like your Shakespeare? With music, on a rug with the family in a park, films from the globe theatre, radio br... [more]
Tastes of Italy is another project of Cav. Alessandro Sorbello, the founder of 'Italian Week', an annual event held in B... [more]
For one night only Renee Fleming will perform many of her much loved signature arias in the Concert Hall at QPAC and mor... [more]
For ladies who lunch and want to choose a particular charity to support, CharityDOs.com.au is your starting point. Amand... [more]
As part of the Dendy Arts program from the National Theatre Helen Mirren stars in 'The Audience', a series of meetings b... [more]
There was a standing ovation in the Lyric Theatre at QPAC on opening night for 'Anything Goes'. And so it goes on at e... [more]
It would not surprise anyone to know that Italy has one of the finest foodie schools in the world. The Italian Aca... [more]
Sadly the season of Operas from the Metropolitan Opera for 2014-15 had its final showing at the Dendy Portside cinema. C... [more]
Ivan the Terrible was the last for the 2014-15 season filmed in HD performed by the Bolshoi Ballet Company.
Serge... [more]
Andrea Tottola wrote the 'limpid' libretto for La Dona del Lago for Gioachino Rossini. It premiered in Naples in 1822... [more]
