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WELCOME MESSAGE

It is easy to see why They are joined by ’s leading and Teddy Tahu Rhodes have become accompanist, Sharolyn Kimmorley, two of ’s most popular stars. who has worked closely with David The combination of outstanding vocal Hobson and Teddy Tahu Rhodes in talent, impressive stagecraft, and an devising this recital programme. amiable manner have won them I first proposed this tour over ten legions of fans and the respect of their years ago. The two artists are in such colleagues all over the world. demand, that it has only now come to We are fortunate that both these artists fruition! have devoted such a significant part of My thanks to their agent, Jenifer Eddy, their careers to performance here in who herself has made an outstanding Australia. contribution to opera in Australia, and Tonight you will have the opportunity to to Martin Buzacott of ABC Classics, witness an even wider range of their producer of You’ll Never Walk Alone, talent as they present a programme of their first album together. arias, folksong and show tunes. And a very warm welcome to all the music-lovers attending these very special concerts.

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DAVID HOBSON AND In an atmosphere of high emotion at the “We started the session with David and Both artists brought with them their wish-lists “David recorded it late at night, and our end of 2008, the two friends assembled Teddy singing ‘Amazing Grace’ but we of favourite songs, and the result is an album producer Virginia Read, vocal coach TEDDY TAHU RHODES at the Eugene Goossens Hall in didn’t realise that the studio doors had of music that uplifts the spirit and showcases Sharolyn Kimmorley, and I just sat there to record much-loved songs of hope, been left open,” says ABC Classics’ the uncanny beauty of these two silently in the Control Room with the tape HAVE RECORDED faith and glory, as if in defiance of the Martin Buzacott, the album’s Executive magnificent voices united as one. rolling, as time stood still,’ Buzacott says. glum mood of the times brought on by Producer. “When I went out to shut them, “It’s an album of great tunes,” says Hobson, Rhodes too wanted to stretch himself THEIR FIRST ALBUM the world economic crisis. I found a passing tradesman standing in whose own suggestions for duets included vocally, taking on repertoire that is The sessions were intense and we were the airlock, spellbound, with tears the Welsh classic ‘All Through the Night’ normally associated with very different TOGETHER FOR ABC very, very inspired,’ says David Hobson, streaming down his face. We knew from and Albert Malotte’s immortal setting of ‘The types of singers. His version of Leonard whose most recent albums The Promise that moment that this was going to be no Lord’s Prayer’. Rhodes nominated the stirring Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, accompanied by CLASSICS. “YOU”LL and A Little Closer have topped the ARIA ordinary album.” anthem ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and harp and strings, might be the debut- NEVER WALK ALONE” charts. ‘This is the album Teddy and I an unusual version of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ – recording of this most popular song of have always wanted to make, but as popularised in a duet featuring the modern times in a performance by a WAS A FASCINATING because of our busy concert and implausible combination of Bing Crosby -, while its chorus captures operatic schedules, it’s taken us literally and David Bowie. Rhodes’ falsetto head-voice for the first EXPERIENCE FOR ALL years to find the time.’ “In most cases we were faithful to the time on disc. Right from the first rehearsal, it was clear originals, but on a couple of tracks we went But the emotion of the sessions was CONCERNED that something special was going on. for these kinds of more modern versions,’ captured most poignantly on the title says Hobson. ‘For instance, we ended up track, the great Richard Rodgers classic recording ‘Go Tell It On the Mountain’ in an ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, which was arrangement inspired by James Taylor!” recorded just an hour after Rhodes Hobson’s choices of solo repertoire included learned of the death of his friend and several pieces that featured in his headlining colleague, the conductor Richard concerts at the , Hickox, with whom he’d been working which occurred in between the album just days earlier. sessions. “People often ask me to sing ‘The “Teddy decided to deal with his grief in Holy City’ and ‘Gounod’s Ave Maria’,” he song, so he put on the headphones and says, “so I couldn’t leave them out.” began the opening verse,” recalls One of the stand-out tracks is Hobson’s Buzacott. “Those first words, ‘When you haunting take on the American spiritual ‘(I walk through a storm, hold your head up Am a) Poor Wayfaring Stranger’, which high, and don’t be afraid of the dark’, Buzacott remembers encountering on a had us all in tears. We knew Dusty Springfield television show. “I was a immediately that they had to become the child at the time, and it was the only time I very first thing that we hear on the ever heard it, but the beauty of that version album.” never left me.” Hobson tracked down that Throughout the recording process, performance on YouTube, and arranger conductor Guy Noble proved a Jessica Wells set about recreating it sympathetic accompanist in charge of especially for him to sing on the album. . With arranger Wells also in attendance, the sessions proceeded with a sense of discovery and constant musical evolution, ideas being traded back and forth with each new take. “We were so ‘in the moment’ and I think that spontaneity and freshness and sheer joy of singing has been captured on the album,” says Hobson, who now sets out with Rhodes on a national tour in March, performing some of the same repertoire alongside opera classics. “None of us who was involved in it will ever forget the experience of recording this album, and we hope that audiences around the country will be as inspired by these great songs as we were.” Rhodes CONTENT IN QUARK 21/2/09 9:49 AM Page 6

DAVID HOBSON

David Hobson began his operatic appeared with as career with State Opera in Chevalier de Danceny in the world 1987 as Rodolfo in La bohème and premiere of Dangerous Liaisons, Frederic in the company’s production of partnering Renée Fleming, Thomas Penzance the Broadway version of The Pirates of Hampson and Frederica von Stade . The following year marked under the baton of Donald Runnicles. his debut with Opera as David Hobson's concert engagements Perchik in , followed have included with the by Lawrence in the world premiere of Tasmanian and Sydney Symphony Brian Howard's Whitsunday. In the Orchestras, Gala New Year's Eve same year he was awarded the Dame concerts in Perth and , a Scholarship. Bernstein concert at the Sydney Opera Since this time, David Hobson has House, numerous appearances with become one of Australia's best known The Australian Pops Orchestra and for opera singers. He has performed many , Carols by roles for , including Candlelight, with the Sydney CountMagic Almaviva Flute), (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Symphony Orchestra under Christopher Marcocenerentola) (), Tamino (The Hogwood, a performance in the Don Ramiro (La presence of Prince Edward, a recital of , Eisenstein (Fledermaus), French Lieder for the Australian thetutte) Architect in the world premiere of National Gallery, and Opera in the , Ferrando (Così fan Vineyards. , Don Ottavio (), David Hobson is an impressively Rodolfo in the production versatile artist who has worked in the ofPericole), La bohème, Nanki Poo, Lindoro areas of rock, jazz, recording and (L'Italiana in Algeri), Piquillo (La television. As a composer, his works Orphée (Orphée et Eurydice) include a music theatre version of – the last five being televised nationally Macbeth, workshopped by the – Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles) and Victorian Arts Centre, the chamber Michael Chamberlain in the world composition, ‘Remembering Rosie’, premiere of Moya Henderson’s . which was premiered in 2001 by He has also performed for Australia's OzOpera and the Opera as Ernesto (), ‘Loch Ard Suite’ for the laser show at the Ferrando, Lindoro and, in concert, the Maritime Museum. He title role in The Student Prince and composed the score to the feature film, Alfred (); and Nadir for One Perfect Day, released in Australia West Australian Opera. In 1994 he Rhodes CONTENT IN QUARK 21/2/09 9:49 AM Page 8

in 2004 and subsequently in the USA. a gala concert with the Australian This score was nominated for the AFI, Opera and Ballet Orchestra and a APRA and IF awards for best original return to West Australian Opera to sing score and awarded the Film Critics Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail). Circle of Australia award for best original score. Together with the Performances in 2004/2005 included Australian composer David Ralph Rackstraw (HMS Pinafore) and Hirschfelder, David Hobson released a the Defendant () for Opera highly acclaimed CD of original Australia, Nanki-Poo at the compositions titled Inside this Room. He Festival Centre, a recital to open the also features on the soundtrack to the 2005 season at Her Majesty's Theatre, films,Acts Elizabeth and Better than Sex, has , Opera in the Alps, Opera in made television appearances on Class the Market, concerts with The Australian America, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Good for the ABC, Good Morning Pops Orchestra, Sealord Opera in the Morning Australia Show, Park in New Zealand, Carols by and The Today Candlelight, Carols in the Domain and and featured in the 1999 ARIA a performance of ‘The Impossible and AFI award telecast. Dream’ to an audience of millions at the DavidGondoliers, Hobson's Don discography Giovanni, Cosiincludes Fan AFL Grand Final. OperaTutte Australia's productions of The 2006/07 engagements included Frederic in a national tour of The Pirates and La bohème – the latter is also of Penzance(Opera Australia), the title available on CD/DVD and was role in (Perth International nominated for an Aria award – and Festival), recitals in , Something for Everybody. His Victorian regional centres and the Utzon performances have been distinguished Room/Sydney Opera House, Opera in by numerous awards including the Alps, Opera at the Loch, a concert Operatic Performer of the Year/MO with the Symphony Awards, Sydney Critic’s Circle Award Orchestra, a performance in the for Rodolfo, Piquillo and Orphée, and presence of Her Majesty, Queen Performing Arts Award for Best Elizabeth II in ’s Great Hall, Performer in Opera. In 1998 he Carols in the Domain, Messiah (Royal received an ARIA award for his video Melbourne Philharmonic ) and collaboration with and various corporate events. He was the Bazday. Luhrmann, Now until the break of highly acclaimed co-winner of Channel For ABC Classics, he has 7’s hit series It Takes Two in 2006 and recorded ‘Inside this Room’, French and 2008 and enjoyed great success with Italian Arias, Handel Arias (ARIA ChannelStars. 7’s 2007 Dancing with the Nomination),Hobson Live, CinemaPresenting Paradiso, David Hobson, David 2008 engagements included The Exquisite Hour - French Collection, Lewis Carroll in the world premiere of ’s Through the Looking Glass and most recently The Promise on the and Nemorino in The Elixir of Love Universal Music/ABC Classics Label. (Victorian Opera), a recital for Musica Additional performances for OA have Viva in Melbourne, concerts at the includedUnderworld), Pluto (Orpheus in the Sydney Town Hall, Opera in the Loch Bruschino) Florville (Il Signor for Australian Music Events plus a series and Dorvil (), of recitals in regional Victoria. TAYLOR JUDITH FAY PHOTO: Rhodes CONTENTINQUARK21/2/099:49AMPage10

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PROGRAMDAVID HOBSON AND TEDDY TAHU RHODES IN CONCERT SHAROLYN KIMMORLEY, PIANO

DAVID/TEDDY DAVID/TEDDY Rodolfo/Marcello Australian Folk Songs Questo mar rosso – La bohème The King's Ship Puccini Bound for South Australia Ryebuck Shearer TEDDY Click go the Shears Ideale Waltzing Matilda Aprile arr. Sean O'Boyle Tosti DAVID DAVID Poor Wayfaring Stranger – traditional RondineMattinata al nido – De Crescenza – Leoncavallo TEDDY It might as well be Spring – State Fair TEDDY Rodgers & Hammerstein Toreador Song – Bizet DAVID Younger than Springtime – DAVID Rodgers & Hammerstein Che gelida manina – La bohème Puccini DAVID/TEDDY Go, Tell It on the Mountain DAVID/TEDDY – African-American spiritual Eisenstein/Falke Words: John Wesley Work Come with me to the souper – Die Fledermaus Brush up your Shakespeare – Kiss Me, Kate J. Strauss Cole Porter

TEDDY TEDDY Yeletsky's Aria – Queen of Spades This nearly was mine – South Pacific Tchaikowsky Rodgers & Hammerstein

DAVID DAVID La donna e mobile – Come into the garden Maud Verdi Balfe

DAVID/TEDDY DAVID/TEDDY Nadir/Zurga The Wee Cooper O'Fife – traditional Au fond du temple saint – Les Pêcheurs de Perles You'll Never Walk Alone – Carousel Bizet Rodgers & Hammerstein

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TEDDY TAHU RHODES BASS – BARITONE

Creation Teddy Tahu Rhodes studied in New - Fixas well as Nigel Butterley’s Spell of Zealand with Mary Adams Taylor, in and ’s London with Rudolf Piernay at the . In the United States he has Guildhall School of Music and Drama performed with the opera companies of and more recently with David Harper. San Francisco, Austin, Washington, At the outset of his career he was a Philadelphia, Dallas, Cincinnati and finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Award, Houston, in Europe for the Hamburg performed in the Young Songmakers Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper/ Almanac Concert Series in London, in Munich, Theâtre du Châtelet/Paris and the Salt Lake City International Concert in Vienna, and in the UK for Welsh Series, and in recital in Japan. He had NationalMidsummer Opera Night’s and Dream),Scottish Opera. the honour of representing New His roles include Demetrius (A Zealand in the 1999 Cardiff Singer of Mozart’s the World competition. After appearing Count, Guglielmo, Papageno and Don with New Zealand’s major opera, Giovanni,Streetcar NamedBelcore Desire), (L’elisir d’amore), concert and choral organisations he Lescaut (), Stanley (A madeCenerentola a highly successful Australian and Escamillo debut in 1998 as Dandini in La (Carmen). with Opera Australia and On the concert platform, Teddy Tahu in performances of Messiah for the Rhodes has performed with the Melbourne Symphony and Sydney Sydney, Melbourne, West Australian, Philharmonia Choir. Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Since then, Teddy Tahu Rhodes has Orchestras, the Melbourne Chorale, rapidly established an international and the Sydney Philharmonia, as well career on both the opera stage and as touring nationally with the Australian the concert platform. He sings a Chamber Orchestra in 2002 and wide-ranging repertoire, which is 2006. notable for several world and FurtherMagic Fluteengagements have included Australian premiere performances Papageno in a new production of The Affair, including Bendrix in The End of the (), Joe in Prince Fauré's (London Philharmonic Figaro (), The Pilot in The Little Orchestra), Count in Le Nozze di () – and Lescaut in Manon Lescaut subsequently filmed for the BBC and (Houston), his role debut as Al Kasim in televised in both the UK and the USA a new production of Henze’s Le (on and Handel's

Dead Man

Peter Grimes

Love for Three

Requiem for Sony International /State Opera of South Most recently he has been

The Little Prince CD/DVD), as well the solo discs, and ‘Mozart Arias’, ‘The Voice’ ‘Vagabond’, all for ABC Classics. He also appears on the CD/DVD recording of Australia. He was the winner of for Best 2006 Performance by a Soloist with an Orchestra for his performances with the ACO. honoured with a Green Room Award for Best Male Artist in a Leading Role for his performance of Don Giovanni for Opera Australia and a Helpmann for his performance as Joe Award for Andrew McManus/Alexander Productions. nationwide tour of his native New Zealand with the NZSO. He debuted to great acclaim at the in February 2008 as Ned Keene in and will return as Escamillo in the 2009/2010 season. Rhodes' discography Tahu Teddy includes Fauré's In 2004, he received two of Australia's most prestigious music awards: an ARIA for Best Classical Record The Voice, for Best Male and a Helpmann Award Operatic Performer for naissance de Vénus, Messiah, Musical Renegades and the BBC directed by , on the CD/DVD Haley Live, broadcast on the PBS Westenra Great Performers series in the US 2005, and Chandos’ Oranges. Walking

The Don (Opera (Opera

A Streetcar for Andrew an Australia- and Ravel’s (Vienna and Opera (Vienna

Don Giovanni Elijah for the for WASO, (), (Hamburg State Opera) his Requiem an Art Gallery Goncert and

Dead Man Walking

wide concert tour with David Hobson for Andrew McKinnon Presentations, at the recitals for Huntington Festival, Utzon Room (Sydney Opera House) and in DC, as well a Washington TSO, gala concerts for TQO, his Carnegie Hall debut with as Antony in Barber’s Fauré’s Fauré’s Australia – 2007 and 2009), Joe/ McManus/Alexander Productions in Sydney, Australia) as well Escamillo, performances with the Adelaide Symphony at the Bundaleer Festival in South Australia 2005 and 2007 and concerts with the West Australian and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. Recent and forthcoming seasons include Lescaut (Leipzig and Opera Australia), Escamillo (Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet/Paris, Munich and Bilbao), Guglielmo/Count (Cincinnati), Stanley in Australia), further performances of role debut as (Santa Fe) – which he subsequently performed for Opera Australia - and the Count Opera). Concert (Washington performances include Brahms’ Requiem for the London Philharmonic, the prestigious BBC Proms Series, Opera in the Vineyards (Moonah Links and Hunter Valley), Auckland Philharmonia singing L’Upupa Leandro in a new production of Love for Three Oranges Named Desire L’Upupa Elijah, Quichotte Antony and Cleopatra,

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SHAROLYN KIMMORLEYAM PIANO

After studying at the Sydney Singing Competition and has Conservatorium of Music, Sharolyn adjudicated Symphony Australia’s Kimmorley joined the Music Staff of The Young Performer Award. Australian Opera in 1975 and has Sharolyn was the recipient of the 2003 assisted in the preparation of a vast Opera Foundation Australia Bayreuth range of works with many distinguished Scholarship and in 2004 was involved singers and conductors. In 1985 she as rehearsal conductor and vocal became Principal Repetiteur for The coach for for Australian Opera and in 1987 was State Opera of South Australia. appointed Head of Music Staff. From Sharolyn has been guest vocal coach at 1994 to 1999 she was the company's the Australian National University, Artistic Administrator, following which Australian Opera Studio, West she was Opera Australia's Director of Australian Opera, Western Australian Music Administration until June 2003. Academy of Performing Arts, Auckland Sharolyn Kimmorley is regarded as one University, Southern Opera of Australia’s finest vocal coaches and (Christchurch), London’s Guildhall accompanists. She has recorded for the School of Music and The Cardiff ABC, taken part in Chamber Music International Vocal Academy. Concerts, and accompanied some of She also works regularly as vocal coach the world's most distinguished recitalists and répétiteur for the Sydney including Dame Joan Sutherland, Symphony Orchestra Håkan Hagegård, Neil Rosenshein, Bryn Terfel, , Stephen Sharolyn is very active in her work to Bennett, Michael Lewis, Wilhelmenia assist young singers. She arranges and Fernandez, Sir Thomas Allen, Désirée accompanies concerts for organisations Rancatore, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, David that raise funds to support these artists Hobson, Elizabeth Campbell, Keith and seeks performance opportunities Lewis, Inessa Galante, Dennis O’Neill, for them in various regional and Kathleen Battle, Jonathan Lemalu, Peter metropolitan centres. Coleman-Wright and . During 2009, Sharolyn will appear in She regularly accompanies the major recital with Teddy Tahu Rhodes, David singing competitions and in 1983 was Hobson, Sally-Anne Russell, Lisa invited by to be the Gasteen, Cheryl Barker and Peter accompanist for the Concorso Coleman-Wright. Internazionale per Cantanti at Bassano In 2009 Sharolyn became a member del Grappa and coach for the Studio of the Order of Australia in recognition dell’opera Italiana at Asolo. In 2001 of her work as an accompanist and the she was a jury member for the first nurturing and mentoring of emerging China (Guangdong) International artists. Rhodes CONTENT IN QUARK 21/2/09 9:50 AM Page 22

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