How did two remarkable women become the Civil War's greatest spies?

This month features a new opera by Jake Heggie, dramas by Handel and Bantock, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and a treasurable new symphony by Mark Isaacs.

An immersive new production of the opera Dead Man Walking reflects on crime and punishment within the walls of one of Australia's most notorious prisons.

Prolific, multi-skilled and an innovator, it's not hard to imagine baroque composer George Philipp Telemann succeeding in the music business today.

Jonathan Cohen explores an 18th-century work that speaks to 21st-century hearts and minds.

A sublime new recording of Handel’s Theodora, recitals from Véronique Gens, Roderick Williams and Michael Spyres, and a Russian blockbuster from Sir Antonio Pappano.

Writing from a small Indonesian island, Guy Noble reflects on the Muslim call to prayer and the ringing bells at Christian churches.

In-concert operas are sometimes regarded as the poor relation of their fully staged cousins. But can less be more?

Barrie Kosky brings his production of The Threepenny Opera to the Adelaide Festival. He talks about creating it with the Berliner Ensemble.

In a nail-bitingly close contest, an independent label carries off the top prize.

The Melbourne-born singer talks about preparing for her second Ring Cycle with Opera Australia, and the friends she’s made along the way.

We trace Handel’s journey to London and talk with Erin Helyard of Pinchgut Opera, which is about to stage its first Handel opera – Rinaldo.