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Lindy Hume explains why she is excited to be co-creating a dark, erotic retelling of the Grimm fairytale.

Jennifer Higdon is one of the most performed composers in the US, and Cold Mountain is the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s first operatic sojourn. The composition got off to a rocky start when the original commission from San Francisco Opera failed to eventuate. Happily, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia and Minnesota Opera rescued the commission of this brilliant new work, with the premiere staged last year in 2015 in Santa Fe. After sell-out performances, the work has since won the 2016 International Opera Award for best world premiere. The libretto by Gene Scheer is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier, which tells the story of Civil War deserter W.P. Inman and his journey to find his beloved Ada, a once well-off but now desperate woman who learns to fend for herself with the help of Ruby, a mountain woman. The setting for the story had a special significance for Higdon, who grew up on a farm in East Tennessee, only 60 miles from the real Cold Mountain in North Carolina. Musically, Higdon’s score is fresh and cast in her own personal brand of Neo-Romanticism, while drawing on numerous hallmarks of classical and folk Americana. Throughout the…

The American composer tells it on the mountain with her gritty, moving and award-winning Civil War-era opera. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

In our latest issue, Australia’s great educator tells us why he is still deadly serious about our musical future. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Alan John’s The Eighth Wonder will return in a large-scale, outdoor production – with headphones attached. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Sydney-born rising star baritone carries all before him with performances of Handel and Keiser. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The young Australian baritone is headed for Germany as the recipient of the inaugural Deutsche Oper Berlin Award. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

On the launch of her new CD with "the dancing conductor", the singer recalls the winding path to vocal glory.