This "pocket opera" is musically admirable but has yet to achieve its full potential.

Life-affirming musicianship led by an esteemed British clarinettist and maestro.

It’s best in, best dressed in opera-wear as Opera Australia puts 2000 costumes on sale to the public for as little as $2 apiece. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Christopher Latham looks at the French impressionist's paintings and experiences during the First World War.

Osborne's Mediterranean tour takes on two Parisian originals.

The Swiss flautist brought a powerful energy to match that of the ACO.

Quirky musical settings, arrangements of old favourites, and the inner workings of the opera singer are next year’s highlights. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Moody, paranoid and in later years creatively paralysed by depression, there was a dark side to Elgar that history tends to overlook.

The Melbourne Festival’s AD explains that audiences in the city, and in Australia, inspire him to go further and harder. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The baritone’s wife and Facebook page have contradicted reports emerging from Russia that he lost his battle with cancer. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Italian Maestro and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will conduct concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

With Volume II out soon, the classical guitarist has won an ARIA Fine Arts Award for his Bach Cello Suites Volume I. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in