Staging based around the infamous unsolved Adelaide cold case will mark 50 years since the children’s disappearance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Welsh baritone on playing Wagner’s ‘complicated’ god and teaming up with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for his new CD. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Opera singer panned as sexual violence downstairs leaves viewers reeling.

New kids on the operatic block tackle Puccini’s nun-fest. The results could be habit forming. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Wow, those New York opera critics are a right bunch of grumble-bums, at least if this superb production of Rigoletto is anything togo by. Sure, the Met’s staging earlier this year wasn’t universally panned, but a viewing o the DVD suggests a world-class theatrical spectacle that didn’t deserve its mealy mouthed treatment from some who seem to have taken umbrage that director Michael Mayer came from Broadway and set the whole thing in 1960s Las Vegas. It’s a brilliant concept that actually has you laughing out loud early on, as the Duke (the ever so charming Piotr Beczała) sings Questo a quella in a Rat-Pack style white jacket, crooner’s microphone in hand, and surrounded by showgirls waving their, um, feathers. But then when the tragedy strikes, designer Christine Jones’ casino set with its brilliant elevator exit never imposes, making this a production that compels you to become emotionally engaged in one of the most pathos-ridden final acts that Verdi ever composed, even when the corpse is revealed inside the boot of a Cadillac. The casting’s the key. Želko Lucˇic´ as the eponymous tragic jester who loses his daughter through a terrible twist of fate was criticised for being wooden in…

Maria Callas’ status as cultural icon endures 90 years after her birth. But how was the legend of La Divina born? Limelight finds out.

Making the move from international opera star to eight-shows-a-week Broadway baby.

The Maestro’s Cosí from a motorized wheelchair brought the house down – and that’s before a note was played. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Picketers claim the victory as Gergiev and Netrebko are heckled at gala performance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Just like buses, you wait for years and then all three operatic legends get honoured at once. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Inside the brilliant but often misunderstood Jacqueline du Pré; plus pianists Willems, Hough and Hewitt and our Aussie Festivals Guide. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Sydney Symphony Orchestra's potted Ring cycle is essential viewing for newbies and veterans alike.