Lu Siqing on contemporary classical music in China
Ahead of his appearance with the Chinese National Symphony Orchestra, the violinist talks music, audiences, and beauty.
October 16, 2017
Diego Torre: people used to tell me Bohème is not your opera
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
October 15, 2017
The Flowers of War: Monet’s waterlilies and weeping willows
Christopher Latham looks at the French impressionist's paintings and experiences during the First World War.
October 13, 2017
Composer of the Month: Sir Edward Elgar
Moody, paranoid and in later years creatively paralysed by depression, there was a dark side to Elgar that history tends to overlook.
October 12, 2017
Jonathan Holloway: a festival can give a degree of hope
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
October 12, 2017
7 Pleasures: dancing around the pleasure principle
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
October 10, 2017
Meet the ancestors: two singers who changed opera forever
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
October 10, 2017
Greta Bradman on the importance of well-being
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
October 9, 2017
Guy Noble’s Soapbox: dinner for eight?
A fantasy musical dinner party chez Noble? Try an eclectic guest list, a good bottle of red and a serve of tarragon chicken.
October 8, 2017
Darkness and light in Paul Stanhope’s Lux Aeterna
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
October 8, 2017
No End of Blame: Sporting with the political cartoon
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
October 6, 2017
Remembering Thorold Waters, founder of the Herald Sun Aria
Researching a biography of her mother, opera singer Josie Kean, awoke memories of a remarkable Australian musical figure.
October 6, 2017
Iain Grandage on curating the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
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
October 5, 2017