A round-up of our recent news reports.

The director of Melbourne Opera’s Ring Cycle recalls the classical input of her grandparents, and being astonished when she first heard an opera singer’s voice in rehearsals.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Deep listening, First Nations works, deconstructed theatre and Afro-futurist performance among the highlights of Perth Festival 2023.

A new and city-specific adaptation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s satirical operetta skewers the Australian housing crisis.

How does the music of John Williams and Justin Hurwitz evoke a sense of nostalgia in The Fabelmans and Babylon?

Ahead of his first dates in Australia as a solo composer-pianist, Stephan Moccio unpacks the songs and the music that moves him most.

Though she never pursued a musical career, Louise Hanson-Dyer's patronage and passion has had a lasting effect.

Mat Watson's idiosyncratic approach to electronic performance, composition and improvisation is rooted in the landscapes of his childhood.

They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Peter and Tamsin Carroll, stars of Belvoir’s Into the Woods, are a case in point.

For much of 2022, Jacqui Dark was absent from the stage and it wasn’t clear if she would return. Her new show celebrates the friendships that helped bring her back.

Clive Paget caught up with the personable British baritone to unpack his enviable reputation as a singer and orchestrator.