Breandáin O'Shea

Tall Poppies The Podcast

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson. That Hollywood spotlight ensures that most of us know the name of these celebrity Aussies, but what about those many other Australians who have forged impressive careers around the globe? Artists, academics, sportsmen and women, scientists and no doubt many, many more professions. People like the Melbournian Barrie Kosky, who is today one of the world’s most-celebrated opera directors, conductor Simone Young, who directs international orchestras and Sydney-born singer-songwriter Kat Frankie, a popular performer at top music venues all over Germany....

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Breandáin O'Shea

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#04_Simone Young - Conductor_Short Edition 08.02.2018 8:09

Send us Fan Mail There have been many highlights in Simone Young's career. Alongside conducting most of the world’s great orchestras including the London and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, the City of Birmingham Symphony, and the BBC Symphony at the BBC Proms, she was also the first woman to conduct at the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic , two orchestras she regularly ret...

Simone Young - Conductor, Full Edition 08.02.2018 46:42

#02_Barrie Kosky _ Stage Director _Short Edition 01.02.2018 5:49

Send us Fan Mail There are not many stage directors in the world who, in the space of six months, have directed Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” and the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” But that is exactly how Barrie Kosky spent the second half of 2017. What’s more, this is a typical schedule for the energetic Melburnian. For more episodes of Tall Poppies:...

Barrie Kosky, Stage Director, Full Edition 31.01.2018 42:54