Regina Resnik has died
American mezzo who became Solti’s Klytemnestra passes away at the age of 90. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 14, 2013
JACK: Will the last one out please turn the lights back on?
The innovative American string quartet, with a penchant for performing in the dark, comes to Carriageworks.
August 14, 2013
No rabbits harmed in the making of the Brisbane Festival’s Rite of Spring
This year’s Festival should cause quite a stir with a radical Rite set to upstage even Ute Lemper. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 13, 2013
Netrebko’s brave new world
The soprano’s first solo album in five years reveals a new dramatic voice and opens up some intriguing future career paths. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 13, 2013
David Robertson: Putting the ‘O’ back in SSO
New Chief Conductor’s inaugural season goes back to basis with Beethoven, Brahms and a handful of big guns. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 12, 2013
Queen of the Night gets a ducking
Boat ferrying singers to the floating stage at the Bregenz Festival capsizes depositing three singers into the lake. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 9, 2013
Review: Bruch, Dvořák: Violin Concertos (Fischer)
Dvorák’s Violin Concerto is a neglected masterpiece, but it’s never likely to have a better advocate than German violinist Julia Fischer.
August 8, 2013
How we nearly caught our Death in Venice
Now a sprightly 86, Australian tenor Robert Gard looks back on filming the role of Aschenbach for Tony Palmer. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 8, 2013
Back to basics with Bach
Why Bach was top of the class with respectful nods to Brahms, Ives and Ligeti. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 6, 2013
Kremer, Argerich and Barenboim to perform anti-Putin concert
Violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer launches concert against Vladimir Putin and lashes out at the likes of Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 5, 2013
Music to die for…literally
An extraordinary collaborative project in Melbourne attempts to recreate the music we hear when we die. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 5, 2013
Review: Tosca (Opera Australia)
John Bell's new production of Puccini's "shabby little shocker" is far from shabby but still a shocker.
August 4, 2013
Review: Owen Wingrave (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Britten's response to the Vietnam War receives an auspicious Aussie premiere at long last.
August 4, 2013