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Gotta love those musical mums. Celebrate Mother's Day in style with Sutherland, Domingo, Gigli and more.

Mojca Erdmann is a young soprano from Hamburg, best known for her role in Simon Rattle’s Berlin recording of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and as the soloist in Jonathan Nott’s performance of Mahler Four. In this, her first solo album, she seems perfectly matched to the Classical-period repertoire. Her smallish voice is flexible and pure-toned and she makes good use of vibrato for dramatic purposes, singing with great control, considerable beauty and an obvious awareness of character and dramatic context. The program consists mostly of Mozart’s lighter roles. She is a pert Zerlina, but less characterful as Susanna. Even so, she manages the legato winningly in Susanna’s aria Deh vieni, non tardar. She throws herself with gusto into Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen from Zaide, capping the aria with a ringing top D, yet draws out the line of Pamina’s aria from The Magic Flute at a slow tempo to produce a poised and heartfelt interpretation. Erdmann also sings two… Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The husband and collaborator of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has died of cancer.

Zhou Long's Madame White Snake honoured for its cross-cultural take on ancient legend.

An educational and eclectic tour of music from the middle ages to today illustrated with clips from YouTube.

An Eastern-style painting of the Australian soprano is a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

We catch up with the Australian tenor in New York for his Metropolitan Opera debut.

The operatic community in Australia and abroad is mourning the loss of bass-baritone Don Shanks, who passed away on Friday.

The famed tenor assisted in the birth of his son with Australian wife Julia… then rushed on stage.

Listen to a track from the Australian tenor who sang with Sutherland and Callas, dazzling Europe in the 1960s Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in