When to clap, why to clap, when to boo, what to do if you can’t stop coughing… We answer some of the most common questions. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
These young opera adventurers explore the art of song at the Biennale of Sydney.
Simone strikes Rheingold! QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, Saturday August 25 Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
It’s that time of year again. Opera Australia has announced its 2013 season. There’s a press release freshly landed in my email inbox and from the opening paragraphs, you’d be forgiven for thinking this might be a controversial season. Opera Australia, it says, will “re-position itself as Australia’s international role… taking a leading role as a pioneer of the artform”. “The question of ‘what is opera to contemporary Australia’”, we’re told, “now underpins every artistic decision” and reference is made to the “controversial” dialogue between Lyndon Terracini and “the wider public”. (Limelight‘s coverage yesterday included comments from an interview with Terracini.) Yet in the ensuing list of new production and revivals, I can’t say I see much controversy brewing – except maybe over the return (already!) of South Pacific, since I know the question of opera companies staging musicals is always a contentious one. There’s also a visit by avant-garde theatre group La Fura dels Baus, who will stage Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera as part of both the Sydney Festival and OA’s celebration of the composer’s bicentenary; but I’d hazard a guess that most savvy operagoers will be more intrigued and excited by that prospect than appalled…. Continue reading Get…
Lyndon Terracini presents a tale of two operatic titans in two cities. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The plot thickens! Finally, we get our first taste of music from the diva’s mysterious new CD. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Dudamel's energetic Eroica, Angela Hewitt's poetic Schumann, the Grigoryan bros and more.
Red-hot maestro Gustavo Dudamel on how his orchestra is changing the world. Plus, the return of Hamer Hall. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
This island paradise doesn’t shy away from tough themes. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Concert performances of The Flying Dutchman and a guest appearance by Barry Humphries are just two of many highlights in SSO 2013 Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Could circus skills help pave a spectacular new path for opera in the 21st century?
American publication recognises Mirella Freni, Dawn Upshaw, David Daniels, Simon Keenlyside and Eric Owens Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Brett Sheehy to end his collaboration with the Melbourne Festival after a four year tenure as Artistic Director Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
