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
Kate Neal voices the unvoiced in her brand new work
Permission to Speak aims to explore parent-child relationships through sound, action and percussive cutlery.
November 17, 2016
Composer of the Month: Louis Andriessen
Now he is thought of as an old Dutch master, but Louis Andriessen a former apostle of Marxist modernism would doubtless shy away from such titles.
November 17, 2016
Uncovering Wagner’s Kundry
Born Eliza Gilbert in County Sligo, Lola Montez became the muse of composers, politicians and crowned heads.
November 16, 2016
Stefan Vinke on Siegfried: “The higher it gets, the easier it is”
The German Heldentenor in Opera Australia’s Ring talks stamina, directorial decisions and the joys of being dead. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 15, 2016
Stjepan Hauser: “Bach was the rock star of his own time”
For one half of the 2Cellos duo there are only two kinds of music: good and bad. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 15, 2016
An Die Musik: remembering the art of Fritz Wunderlich
50 years on from his tragically early death, Clive Paget talks to Barbara Wunderlich about her father’s golden legacy. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
November 14, 2016