Melbourne’s opera drought breaks with a multi-year Ring cycle’s bold start.

Ernani is a feast for the ears but rather less so for the eyes.

The opera company has introduced rapid antigen testing in order to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus between performers and staff.

Janowski raises the bar for Il Tabarro with flair and feeling.

Nice staging, nice singers, shame about the tunes (or lack of them).

The instrumental playing dazzles on this idiosyncratic new Orfeo.

Lindy Hume, Chrissie Parrott, Lorrae Desmond and David Helfgott are among the Australians recognised, while some refuse or return their awards.

The elegant Sydney hotel is offering a new series of intimate recitals by leading musicians and performers, combined with high tea or a degustation dinner.

Artistic Director Linda Thompson tells us about the renamed Gertrude Opera’s pandemic experience, plans for the future and upcoming performance of David Lang’s chamber opera at Melbourne’s Federation Square.

Australian director Elijah Moshinsky, who had a distinguished career in opera, has died in London at the age of 75 after contracting COVID-19.

Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared is given an exquisite staging before a bold new work tears it to shreds in this intelligent and entertaining double bill from Sydney Chamber Opera.

Julie Lea Goodwin is gorgeous as the merry widow Hanna Glavari, and perfectly supported by Alexander Lewis as Danilo Danilovich.