With its tragic story involving distrust of migrants, West Side Story seems more relevant than ever, says Jo Litson, as Opera Australia prepares to stage not one but two productions. There’s also a new Broadway version and a Spielberg movie on the way.
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Founding conductor Harry Christophers discusses the concert, spanning 500 years of British choral music, which the celebrated choir is about to perform in Australia.
The Kiwi Heldentenor, one of the leading Wagnerians of his generation, talks about his new album of German lieder, his idol Fritz Wunderlich, his new opera role, and “commuting” from New Zealand.
The composer takes us inside her new work, which is inspired by four Michael Leunig prayers and soon to premiere in Sydney and the US.
Hector Berlioz died 150 years ago this month. His music was largely ignored for more than 80 years after his death, his maverick style misjudged as eccentric, outlandish and even amateur. We pinpoint the event that led to a true appreciation of his genius.
Hofesh Shechter’s apocalyptic dance work bound for Adelaide.
Carl Vine’s final season for the Musica Viva Festival is a study in contrasts. We talk to the outgoing Artistic Director about his legacy, an exciting new octet and one tantalising Trout.
Alice Chance talks about synesthesia, Eurovision, the musical Fangirls, and her new string quartet for the Bowral Autumn Music Festival.
A new touring exhibition surveys the last decade of the unabashedly political artist's work.
Now in his 40s, the one-time ‘boy wonder’ tells us about Abbado’s Mahler, the importance of giving Bruckner back his Austrian accent and the endless joy of Mozart.
Ahead of his trip to Tasmania, the young American virtuoso extols the joys of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto and defends it from the criticisms of its first dedicatee, Leopold Auer, and the venomous Eduard Hanslick.
The in-demand choreographer talks about becoming AD of Chunky Move and his new four-hour work for Dance Massive where two humans are trapped in a world of superseded objects.
