Composer of the Month: Anton Bruckner
He’s complex, lengthy and often frustrating. But give Bruckner due attention and he has power to captivate like no one else.
December 2, 2016
Osmo Vänskä’s Minnesotans finish off their fjord fest
The Finnish maestro discusses the joys of Sibelius’s symphonies and thoughts on his second cycle. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
December 2, 2016
OK singers… how do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice might seem the obvious answer, but the Manly Warringah Choir might have a better scheme.
December 2, 2016
Sergei Polunin: Ballet’s “bad boy” opens up in revealing film
The man who shocked the dance world when he left the Royal Ballet at 22 admits he cried his way through a new documentary. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 29, 2016
The Mystery of music production
Peter Taplin argues why a recording producer needs to intervene as advocate for the dead. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 27, 2016
Limelight’s top five Classical Mannequin Challenges
Arts organisations around the world have been stopped in their tracks by the latest Internet fad, here are our favourites.
November 25, 2016
Why is no one vomiting in timpani any more?
Australian composer Matthew Hindson discusses the dangers and pay-offs of risk-taking for emerging composers.
November 23, 2016
Jessica Cottis: “There’s still a block for women conductors”
The conductor of this year’s Tait Memorial Trust concert on gender, education and musical styles. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 23, 2016
Nicole Cabell on the perils of becoming Porgy’s woman
The American soprano reflects on the dangers of typecasting and the status of Gershwin’s opera today. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 22, 2016
Nadia Tass combines “two loves” with Uncle Vanya
In directing an adaptation of Chekhov by US playwright Annie Baker for Red Stitch, Tass is in theatre heaven. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 22, 2016
Porgy and Bess: The first great American opera?
US composers last century sought something distinctively American. Was it under their noses the whole time?
November 20, 2016
Lise Lindstrom on Brünnhilde: “I was in denial for a year”
Opera Australia’s Valkyrie talks about the highs, the lows, the hojotohos and how Anna Wintour inspires her interpretation. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 18, 2016
Bonachela’s New Breed: Dance’s “This is my moment” moment
From found music and fart noises to finding your voice, four emerging dancemakers embrace the chance to invent the new. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 18, 2016