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Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral
features

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande in Australia

Ahead of the SSO’s Pelléas with Dutoit, Vincent Plush traces the work’s history and reception in this country. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 8, 2017
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Eight Questions for AWO Chamber 8’s Andrew Bain

Ahead of Chamber 8’s Australian tour, the LA Philharmonic horn player shares his greatest on-stage fear. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 7, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Brett Dean on bringing Shakespeare’s Hamlet to operatic life

Composers from Berlioz to Verdi have shied away from the complex Dane, but not Dean, whose opera is opening at Glyndebourne.

June 5, 2017
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Are you a man or a moose?

Beware of locking antlers in a tussle for artistic supremacy, lest you tumble into music’s icy sea and lie frozen for all eternity.

June 5, 2017
Classical Music
features

Martin Luther’s musical Reformation

When Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, renewing church music was far from his mind. And yet, that's exactly what he did.

June 5, 2017
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Alan Cumming on sappy songs and social media

The self-styled Scottish elf trapped in a middle-aged man’s body describes the horror of living in Trump’s America. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 2, 2017
Classical Music, Film
features

Hitting the high notes with the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Following the success of The Reef, Richard Tognetti talks about the ACO’s new “cinematic and musical odyssey”, Mountain.

June 2, 2017
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Playing piggy in the middle with the Pacifica Quartet

What’s it like to steer clear of the bottom but never quite hit the heights? Masumi Per Rostad on the vicarious life of the viola. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 2, 2017
Classical Music, Film, Jazz, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

Hilary Bell explains how seven into one might just be a goer

Along with Claire Edwardes and seven canny composers, the playwright explains how she created a musical Everywoman.

June 1, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
features

Nellie Melba wasn’t the only diva Mathilde Marchesi produced

In the 19th century, anyone who was anyone came knocking at her door. In his new book, Roger Neill considers Marchesi’s legacy. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 1, 2017
Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

François-Xavier Roth on the unique colours of period Ravel

The French conductor, whose Daphnis is our Recording of the Month, explains how symphonic music serves the dance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

May 31, 2017
Classical Music, Dance
features

Arts leaders salute the Joan Sutherland Theatre

Louise Herron, Lyndon Terracini, and David McAllister share their thoughts on the SOH Theatre as renovation work begins. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

May 31, 2017
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Malcolm Martineau traces 100 years in the life of Mignon

For over a century composers have been drawn to Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister and the enigmatic songs of the waif-like Mignon. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

May 30, 2017

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