Guy Noble’s Soapbox: No more banging that drum
Or how a smart-thinking South Australian education initiative fell at the first fence thanks to small-minded union mentality.
February 6, 2017
Meow Meow explores the world’s oldest profession
The cabaret diva returns to Victorian Opera to star in “an operatic fantasia” about the courtesan through history. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 3, 2017
Book of Mormon started as Oklahoma! but with Joseph Smith
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk musicals, missionaries and what keeps them coming back for more Mormons.
February 2, 2017
“Erda’s prophecies cast a long shadow,” says Deborah Humble
The girl from Adelaide – who's performed at opera houses around the world – talks Wagner and how to make it as a mezzo.
February 2, 2017
When is playing a string quartet like trying food blindfold?
Flinders Quartet’s Zoe Knighton on finding the voices of the future and hypothetical conversations with dead composers. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 2, 2017
“It should make people feel uncomfortable,” says Ian Bostridge
He’s staged Schubert’s Winterreise in a replica lunatic asylum and now he’s headed to Perth to do it Weimar cabaret style. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 31, 2017
Rising Star: Soprano Zoe Drummond
She may never get to be Mary Poppins, but thanks to a lot of hard work and competition success she will fly to the Big Apple. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 30, 2017
The Argo Shakespeare: speaking of the Bard
The collection is a window onto a past in which great actors strut and fret their hour. But is it for today?
January 27, 2017
The Gabriels: Richard Nelson’s three-play trump card
A remarkable theatre marathon following a New York family during the US election is coming to the Perth Festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 26, 2017
Elena Kats-Chernin song launches Joan of Arc book
The composer’s seven-year-old promise, with some vocal help from Anna Dowsley, helps author Susie Bennetts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 25, 2017
Ermonela Jaho: “People need emotion, not fakeness”
The Albanian soprano who’s been compared to Callas talks about Violetta, the evils of false-marketing and why Zazà made her cry. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 24, 2017
“Disney Legend” and Broadway star Lea Salonga comes to Oz
The Filipina singer, whose credits include Miss Saigon and two Disney princesses, performs in concert in Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 23, 2017
How Pekka Kuusisto plans to lead the ACO from hell to heaven
The Finnish musician may not intend to commit murder but he certainly hopes for redemption. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 23, 2017