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More Than Opera

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 434 350 749

Address: Suite 803, Temple Court 422 Collins Street 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.morethanopera.com

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25.01.2022 Queen's Birthday Honour for Dr David Kram We at More Than Opera are very proud to announce that our founding Artistic Director and AD of the German-Australian Opera grant Dr. David I Kram has been honoured with a Member of the Order for his services to the performing arts, opera, choral music, and education. We congratulate David wholeheartedly and Dr Kram is extremely appreciative of all those he’s interacted with across his career, but reserves a special thank you to the wonderful donors and sponsors who’ve contributed to MTO. The contribution MTO has made to opera, since its founding by Dr Kram in September 2000, was a significant factor in his successful nomination for an Australian Award.

25.01.2022 UPDATE To all potential applicants for GAOG: Due to the current slow delivery times for mail deliveries, applications for the 2021 GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN OPERA GRAN...T can be submitted via email instead. Please submit only .PDF files as attachments to your email. All recordings are to be uploaded via www.dropsend.com For enquiries email Nicole Ritzdorf: [email protected] We appreciate your short expression of interest via e-mail before receiving your full application. This will enable efficient processing of all applications.

23.01.2022 A message to all singers from GAOG Artistic Director Dr David Kram To all potential applicants for GAOG some new guidelines for your audition videos:... You are welcome to use a backing track. As this can be tricky for opera, we’ve simplified the requirements thus (a) recitatives not required (of course, you are welcome to submit if you prefer) (b) One verse of a multiverse aria will suffice (of course, you can sing it all as long as it is not too long). Still consulting with a number of colleagues re: real-time accompanying technology; inching forward bit by bit. In the meantime, I have been making backing tracks for some prospective applicants (no charge) in two formats: (a) a high-quality mp3, audio only and (b) a reasonable quality mobile phone video, where I play the accompaniment and mouth the words. This is useful for those arias which have recit or rubato passages or cadenza points. You’re welcome to consult. Contact Dr David Kram directly via FB messaging or else email him at [email protected]

15.01.2022 Calling all Australian professional singers in the early phases of their career: at this stage the MTO German-Australian Opera Grant is going ahead. Go to web s...ite www.mto-GAOG.com for full info and like the German-Australian Opera Grant FB page for updates. I’m the GOAG Artistic Director. I have a pile of music under my grand piano and have bought a high quality mike ready to record aria accompaniments for interested applicants. If you’d like to apply, feel free to message or email [email protected] with some possible arias. I’m also seeing if I can develop a system (better than Zoom) for accompanying a singer or instrumentalist remotely in real time. Once I’ve finished house painting, hopefully by tomorrow! See more

14.01.2022 Warming up... listen live from 1pm on 3MBS #voicesofstpetersburg www.voicesofpeterburg.com.au @ 3MBS Fine Music - Melbourne Capricorn Promotions

14.01.2022 Congratulations to Darcy Carroll (Baritone) on receiving the 2021 German-Australian Opera Grant!!! Congratulations to Karina Bailey (Soprano) on receiving the M...TO Development Grant as well as Georgia Melville (Soprano) and Andrew Williams (Baritone) both receiving Encouragement Grants! A big thank you to all Semi-Finalists and Finalists for the wonderful performances and all the hard work adapting to the difficult situation of a Zoom audition. BRAVO!!! See more

13.01.2022 'Pieces of Margery' is still on the move. Plans for Margery's premiere taking a new form #PiecesofMargery #operapremiere

12.01.2022 Rehearsals are in full swing for #voicesofstpetersburg Get your tickets to hear St Petersburg's finest opera and Russia's voices from the Mariinsky theatre. www.voicesofpeterburg.com.au @capricorn_promotions #opera #whatsoninsydney #whatsoninmelbourne

09.01.2022 At 1pm tune in to 3MBS for the vocal chords show featuring live performances of the #VoicesofStPetersburg and don't miss your tickets for this amazing concert. www.voicesofpeterburg.com.au Capricorn Promotions

08.01.2022 We are proud to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2021 German-Australian Opera Grant

07.01.2022 Update: GAOG going ahead! We at GAOG are still planning on running the award auditions. We are hoping that the situation will have returned to normal by August... and if not we will consider remote auditions. As it is more difficult for the initial application stage to record the required three arias we are working on a way to accompany you remotely (at the moment Zoom). At this stage we are still testing that the required quality can be achieved this way. David Kram is offering his services to accompany applicants remotely. If you prefer your own accompanist and do not have a method, David Kram will gladly give you the information you require. Please contact us should you know of alternative recording methods which could help get GAOG on its way in these exceptional circumstances. Singer in one space, accompanist in another. We will continue to evaluate the situation as it evolves. Health and Safety is foremost important for everyone involved.

05.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to Karina Bailey, Darcy Carroll, Georgia Melville and Andrew Williams for progressing into the OPERA FINALE tomorrow, 15.08.2020 Thanks to all Semi-Finalists today! Best of luck!!!