A round-up of our recent news reports.

A BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts is one invite opera singers David Hobson and Teddy Tahu Rhodes never turn down.

Lucy Clements has been a prime mover of new Australian work. How does she approach a Purcell masterpiece over 300 years old?

A new work by composer Cyrus Meurant pays tribute to an advocate for the arts in the dementia and aged care space.

Peggy Polias and Michael Bakrnč​ev talk about new works set to premiere in the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s Heart-Space program.

Cameron Lam slows down and settles in to ponder the collection of Classical, Jazz and Sound Art in this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.

Christophe Rousset explains how a 21-year-old Parisian girl rose and fell.

Classical to barbershop, jazz to rock, Purdue University's Glee Club Choir does it all – with a smile, a handshake and a carnation.

"He’s hardly the greatest guy around," says Tahu Rhodes, but any chance to play Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca is to be relished.

Chamber Music Adelaide's two-part Perspectives series presents four world premiere works from local composers. What's in store?

Goldner String Quartet join Kathryn Selby in a series of farewell concerts celebrating decades of musical and personal friendships.

Neil Armfield talks to Limelight about bringing something of the old Brooklyn Dodgers stadium to Arthur Miller's classic drama.