Beautiful beast makes its Down Under debut
West Australian Ballet presents a story you love, but perhaps not as you know it. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 10, 2016
Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet gets its operatic debut
Many consider it the great Australian novel. So will George Palmer’s adaptation be the next great Australian opera? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 10, 2016
The Convoluted History of Haydn’s Greatest Creation
The Rite of Spring may have caused a riot, but this oratorio needed the police to keep the audience in order. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 9, 2016
Greta Bradman on her watershed year
We talk with the soprano about life, musical loves and the remarkable year she experienced in 2015. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 9, 2016
Patricia Cornelius: “I want to tear us apart”
The outspoken and award-winning playwright reveals why she isn't afraid to tell the truth about Australia.
May 6, 2016
Backstage with Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska
The two long-term collaborators take us behind the scenes of their new double disc. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 6, 2016
Nicole Car: Australia’s Wandering Star
At only 30, the soprano is fast becoming an in-demand operatic globetrotter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 5, 2016
Hyeseoung Kwon is learning to look death in the face
The Korean-born soprano talks about embracing the cultural perils of Puccini’s tragic Madama Butterfly. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 2, 2016
Editor’s Letter: Our attention spans are… oh look, a bird!
Four hours in a theatre is one of our Editor’s not-so-secret pleasures. But is this becoming an impossible ask for many?
May 2, 2016
Composer of the Month: Peter Maxwell Davies
Peter Maxwell Davies was the late composer the Mancunian wild child with the power to shock and awe, or was he the Orkney-dwelling establishment figure? As it turns out, the two are entirely compatible.
May 1, 2016
Arts Prizes: valid benchmark or necessary evil?
Competitive creativity is a problematic concept, but the Keir Choreographic Award shows why they’re useful. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
April 29, 2016
Jacqueline Dark: From one habit to another
Fording the stream from opera to musicals, this plucky opera singer explains the differences between performing the two genres. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
April 29, 2016
Paul Goodwin brings his Baroque boot camp to Melbourne
The British conductor reveals how he transforms modern orchestras into perfect period ensembles. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
April 27, 2016