Features
A new opera about Siegfried & Roy explores their eccentric life and magic.
by Deborah Jones
A new staging of the Sanskrit epic arrives at Perth Festival from Canada.
by Elissa Blake
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by Jo Litson
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Soundings
Interview
Virtuoso pianist, composer and influencer Hayato Sumino – aka ‘Cateen’ – is a force to be reckoned with. As his new album Human Universe is released, he talks about life on the concert stage and online.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Recordings
Competition was fierce but independent labels swept the board.
by Clive Paget
Recordings
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. We recommend eight of the best new albums featuring festive music.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Arafura Music Collective’s Claire Kilgariff talks about collaborating with Ensemble Offspring and commissioning a new work.
by Maddy Briggs
Theatre
Stuart Maunder will fulfil a bucket list dream when he directs Sondheim’s Follies for Victorian Opera. He shares why the musical is so special, and challenging.
by Jo Litson
Books
★★★★ Theodore Albrecht’s vivid account transports you to 19th-century when Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed.
by Will Yeoman
Film
★★★★ This juicy dramatic thriller, set in the Vatican, has a carefully handled zinger of an ending.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Should we expect every concert to be ‘unforgettable’? Guy Noble suggests that good art helps reduce our misery, and when something extraordinary comes along, that’s the cream on the cake.
Playing Up
Composer Moya Henderson traces the history of one of the instruments she invented while in residence at the CSIRO in 1983, which distills the sound of the triangle.
World Premiere
Thea Rossen tells Jo Litson about her new ocean-inspired work, performed on flowerpots, glass, metal and dried coral, which was commissioned by Brisbane Music Festival.
5 Questions For
The dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of dance company Girls on Tap tells us about making her directorial debut with the Irving Berlin musical Holiday Inn.
My Music
The composer, writer and broadcaster recalls a childhood full of music, the first time he saw a composer in the flesh and turning a Beatles’ song into a lullaby.
Playlists
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