Dharug composer Christopher Sainsbury has written a new opera for Victorian Opera, with a libretto by First Nations playwright Jane Harrison.

Students from NIDA and the Sydney Conservatorium are staging Elena Kats-Chernin’s jazzy reimagining of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Pondering our dopamine addiction and obsessive need to feel good, Guy Noble wonders if boredom is a necessary counterpoint to happiness.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The celebrated Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez discusses making his Australian debut with a recital tour.

Without Sir Eugene Goossens, the Sydney Opera House might never have been built. On its 50th anniversary, we look at the road to its opening.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

This month we are in vocal heaven with period instrument Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shakespearean song, an operatic take on Wuthering Heights, and a resurrected Parsifal.

Sydney Opera House CEO Louise Herron reveals she often cries in concerts and practises the cello every morning before work.

Born in America and based in Sydney, Riley Lee was the first non-Japanese person to attain the rank of Grand Master of the Japanese bamboo flute.

Curator Jonathan Wilson explains his ideas for Volume, a new festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.