In her new book Opera Wars, Caitlin Vincent takes a lively, illuminating, insightful and, at times, irreverent look at the world of opera.

Sting not only wrote the book and lyrics for The Last Ship, he will also play the leading role when the show arrives in Brisbane. He tells us why he wanted to write a musical.

The award-winning string quartet, formed in Berlin in 2019, gives us the lowdown on its name and debut Australian tour.

Once dismissed as “a brutal din”, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 is now acknowledged as a monumental, groundbreaking work that expanded the symphonic genre.

After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."

Guy Noble has had enough of the abusive men who populate opera and would love to see a few rewrites.

As he returns to Opera Australia’s Sydney Harbour production of The Phantom of the Opera, Guy Simpson tells us how he fell into theatre.

A childhood dream led Dutch musician Jörgen van Rijen to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. But first, he had to grow into his instrument.

Director Neil Armfield tells Steve Dow why his production of Cinderella for State Opera South Australia will have a 1970s twist.

Andrew Aronowicz explains how he drew on a scary German legend for his new tone poem for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Luminescence Chamber Singers is set to premiere a new, electronically infused program. AJ America breaks it down for Maddy Briggs.

With the Goldner String Quartet’s final release Child’s Play out now, violinist Dene Olding talks about the ensemble’s relationship with composer Carl Vine.