REMEMBER David Hobson? — His high, crystal clear tenor enchanted audiences around our opera houses in the 1990s and earned him international fame as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann’s production of “La Bohème.”
Tenor David Hobson
WE haven’t seen him in a major role here in Canberra since 2006 when he toured her as Frederic in the record-breaking Opera Australia production of “The Pirates of Penzance”, and I saw him the same year when he sang the title role in “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, but he’s been busy performing the difficult roles that his lyric tenor voice demand and playing with companies like the Victorian Opera and composing his own operas, including his version of “Macbeth”.
Most recently He’s performed at “Carols by Candlelight” and reprised his role in “Candide”.
Now Hobson has surfaced again, this time as an ambassador for the Bravo! Cruise of the Performing Arts 2015, billed as ‘a music festival at sea for classic and light music fans to enjoy while cruising around the South Seas’.
The good ship Radiance of the Seas will be setting sail from Sydney in October for eight nights, visiting Mare in New Caledonia, Mystery Island & Noumea—and Hobson will be there.
ON board – diva Katherine Jenkins
In what sounds like who’s who of showbiz, he’ll be joined by Katherine Jenkins, James Morrison, Liz Callaway, David Hobson, Suzanne Johnstone, Judi Connelli, David Shannon, Mark Vincent, Emma Pask, Jane Rutter, Grigoryan Brothers and creator of Choir of Hard Knocks, the singer, composer, conductor and teacher Jonathon Welch. Guy Noble will conduct the Metropolitan Orchestra as they all perform in the on-board Aurora Theatre, Colony Club, Starquest Club, The Quill and Compass, Centrum and at poolside.
Bravo! Cruise of the Performing Arts 2015, leaves from Sydney October 24 – November 1, information at 1300 247 371, bookings to chooseyourcruise.tv/bravo2/bookings/aust-capital-territory
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