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Classical Music, Opera
features

Learning to love Lucretia in the 21st century

Even in Benjamin Britten’s day, his operatic treatment of Livy’s reported act of Etruscan on Roman violence raised eyebrows. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 10, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Parsifal (Opera Australia)

Kaufmann isn't the only thing that impresses in a superlative night of Wagner singing.

August 9, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Lohengrin (Melbourne Opera)

Wagner’s swan makes a splash in Melbourne.

August 9, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Opera isn’t elitist says Australian director Stephen Barlow

“Tickets are much cheaper than for most major sporting fixtures” he points out ahead of Queensland Con’s L’enfant double bill. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 8, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Parsifal: Richard Wagner and the Holy Grail

We look at how the cup of the Last Supper cast its spell over one of music’s great agnostics. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 6, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Scotland Yard employs Mozart in crime prevention tactics

Classical music will be played in a troubled London housing estate to disperse troublemakers and calm residents. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 6, 2017
Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Seven Deadly Sins (Sydney Conservatorium of Music)

Fine music making plumbs tales of hardship, trauma and dislocation.

August 6, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Kaufmann charms at candid Opera Australia conference

In Sydney for Parsifal, Kaufmann talks about Wagner, upcoming roles, and his withdrawal from The Met’s Tosca. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 4, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Pinchgut bags Vivica Genaux for a Hasse premiere in 2018

In a season of ‘H’s’, Erin Helyard returns to his beloved Handel and finally gets to host some Johann Adolph Hasse.

August 2, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Diana Damrau on Meyerbeer’s unique vocal demands

The German soprano’s Meyerbeer disc is Limelight’s Recording of the Month for August 2017. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 2, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Michael Honeyman discusses his debut as Amfortas in Parsifal

After his triumph as King Roger, the Australian baritone is excited (and nerve-wracked) to perform with Jonas Kaufmann. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

August 1, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Jonas Kaufmann: Wagner & Me

Two Wagner operas lie at the heart of the tenor's repertoire. We grilled him on all things Wagner ahead of his Aussie Parsifal.

August 1, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Barrie Kosky’s probing Meistersinger wows at Bayreuth

Kosky praised for embracing the opera's complexities; Domingo and Alagna part of Bayreuth's 2018 programme.

July 31, 2017

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