Once thought merely an inspired primitive by even his closest colleagues, Mussorgsky has proven to be a giant of Russian music.

How did a girl from Point Piper grow up to conquer the opera world and be dubbed the “voice of the century”?

You’re sitting prim and proper in a plush, velvet chair in a majestic old theatre, every available surface gilded and resplendent.

Philip Glass, Sally Whitwell and Maki Namekawa join forces to premiere Glass’s Twenty Piano Études. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A Broadway play about one of opera's most notorious coloraturas is set to land in Australia.

Alexander Ekman talks Duchamp, cacti and why the inner ballerina is desperate to shake it out. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

For the Chinese film composer, synchronising sound and image is a form of martial arts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Why do our concert halls so often sound more like hospital wards? A new study points the finger. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Can Russian stoicism weather an acid attack, a fleeing ballerina and a cancelled premiere? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Turning the tale of a WWI veteran into an orchestral score.

On making silent operas and how Einstein on the Beach was supposed to be about Hitler. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Milan’s opera house defends conductor Daniel Harding after newspaper prints personal attack. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in