Opera Australia

Sydney, Australia With a population of 5 million, Sydney, Australia is easily known as one of the biggest cities in Australia. Maybe it is so popular because of its many attractions, or for its laid back feeling. It may even be because of its interesting and intriguing Holidays. Whatever the reason may be, Sydney continues to grow each and every day, raising the population rapidly. No wonder it took Nemo’s dad, Marlin, so long to find him, Sydney was huge. Being the world’s largest (but not…

Before the British Empire ever discovered or even claimed Australia as one of their own it was inhabited with Aboriginals who are said to have arrived from south-east Asia by boat 50,000 years ago(“The History of Australia-Tourism Australia”,2016). Throughout Australia there were different tribes of Aborigines that spoke about different 700 languages, had different religious views, cultural beliefs(Mooney,2015). Australia was very behind in modernization, they did not have horses, large crops,…

When you hear the name Australia, what do you think of? Do you think of animals like kangaroos and koalas? Do you possibly think of famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House or famous people like Steve Irwin and the band AC/DC? The country of Australia is not just big cities, Sydney and Melbourne. In his book In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson shows the many forms of diversity in both the people who live there and the fauna of the country, which he explains using his humor. There are also…

Composer's use their distinctive voices to explore their ideas about humanity, revealing the unvarnished truths of idealism and change. In Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, considered ground-breaking for its distinctive use of Australian colloquial language and idiom, along with its unique depiction of Australian working class characters and experiences, highlights the dangers of excessive idealism and the failure to accept change and the rigors of time. While Omar Musa’s “Capital…

saw great changes in Australian society due to the evolution of popular culture. During the 1960s, technological advances allowed American and British cultural influences to rapidly filter into Australia - through music, cinema, and television. New ideas were adopted towards entertainment in Australia and ultimately this helped to shape modern Australian society. How did television entertainment change in the 1960s? How…

Maintaining Spanish as a Heritage Language in Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an…

background was a very interesting timeline and background. Australia was officially explored by Captain James Cook in 1770 while he explored the east coast, he claimed it for Britain and called it New South Wales. Australia was then considered a pearl colony because the first settlers were criminals (Ducksters.com 1). In 1803 Matthew Flinders sails around Australia and proves its an island. In 1824 Australia is named from “New Holland” to “Australia.” “In 1829 The settlement of Perth is founded…

Contemporary period is a big-mixed era in the world. Many materials and ideas all can put into music or art works. In this research paper, I will talk about the background of the contemporary era, composers of the contemporary period, the modernism and many different styles of music in this period. This piece I want to talk about, is the horn sonata, wrote by Paul Hindemith. This piece is a good piece to describe the music of the contemporary period because we still perform this at present, and…

In the United States, we have one of the lowest education rates in the world. We are behind countries like China and Japan. In New York State especially, we have a system called Common Core. Common Core is a system that provides clear and consistent learning goals to to help students prepare for college, career and life. In kindergarden, kids have to take tests and fill in bubbles on answer sheets and when they get to high school, they have to take Regent examinations which is a test that New…

In the modern era, musicians continue to play music that is reminiscent of the past. While new music is continuously produced, there is a desire to keep the musical pieces created by our ancestors alive. To honor the past, some artists have created new music that reflects the classical and baroque styles. In these pieces, the artists are free to use whichever instruments they please to create their musical effect. When a non-early music ensemble performs non-early music in the modern era, they…