Ahead of Madama Butterfly, the Mexican-born tenor shares why he’s happy to be working here with Opera Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Christopher Latham looks at the French impressionist's paintings and experiences during the First World War.
Moody, paranoid and in later years creatively paralysed by depression, there was a dark side to Elgar that history tends to overlook.
The Melbourne Festival’s AD explains that audiences in the city, and in Australia, inspire him to go further and harder. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Melbourne Festival offers up a joyous, provocative embrace of body politics, nudity and sexuality in society today. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
For their new albums, soprano Joyce El-Khoury and tenor Michael Spyres are walking in famous footsteps. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The soprano explains how the rise of the Protean career means arts organisations need to adapt to changing needs. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A fantasy musical dinner party chez Noble? Try an eclectic guest list, a good bottle of red and a serve of tarragon chicken.
The composer’s new album with Sydney Chamber Choir spans Arabic poetry and Old Testament verses to contemporary texts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Howard Barker’s trenchant yet playful 1981 political drama follows a dissident artist across six decades. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Researching a biography of her mother, opera singer Josie Kean, awoke memories of a remarkable Australian musical figure.
Setting aside the composer’s pen, the festival’s AD explains how curation allows him to “dream on a bigger canvas”. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
MD Daniel Brace explains why St Peter’s Catholic Church, Toorak is paying tribute to the Australian hymn writer and poet. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
