The distinguished historian Ann Curthoys will present the final Musicology colloquium for 2023.

“Speaking songs”: Paul Robeson on speech, song, music, politics, and universal humanity while touring Australia in 1960.

In the 1930s and 1940s Paul Robeson was probably the most famous African American in the world, known for his singing, his sta…[Read more]

The next speakers in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Musicology Colloquium Series will be Elizabeth Kertesz and Michael Christoferidis of the University of Melbourne.

‘Revolutionary’ Adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen Between the Two World Wars By the early 20th century Georges Bizet’s Carmen had already been part of a long history of adaptation an…[Read more]

The schedule of papers for Semester 2, 2023 is as follows (all on zoom):

23 August – Neal Peres da Costa

6 September – Alan Maddox
“Performing emotion in Antonio Caldara’s (1670-1736) opera recitatives”

20 September – Liz Kertesz & Michael Christoferidis
“‘Revolutionary’ Adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen Between the Two World Wars”

4 October –…[Read more]