Venues like intervals as they make money from the bar sales, but should performers be forced into having one if it interrupts the natural flow of the show?

It’s hard enough for an opera company to survive without government funding, but staging Wagner’s Ring Cycle is something else. We trace the history of Melbourne Opera, which is presenting Australia’s first regional Ring Cycle in Bendigo.

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

Michael Pisani, Principal Cor Anglais at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, didn’t even own the instrument when he was first offered the chance to play it. Now he is about to perform a new work by Anne Cawrse.

Vaughan Williams’ 150th tops and tails this month’s new classical albums, plus the latest from the Danish String Quartet, a classic Bryn Terfel recital and a heartfelt new Traviata.

Rixon Thomas reflects on becoming the first Cor Anglais player to ever take a bow in front of the Bayreuth curtain at this year's festival on the Green Hill.

Theatre and opera tickets can be very pricey, but there are all kinds of initiatives and deals offering cheaper tickets, if you're prepared to look for them.

Andrew Litton, who once met the great man, talks to Clive Paget about the Soviet composer's lighter side.

Pianist Coady Green asked Linda Kouvaras to compose a work about a little-known location in Melbourne; he discusses the piece that eventuated.

Cameron Lam explores old favourites and new tracks in this month's Australian Art Music playlist.

Director Gary Abrahams talks Borgias, bling and bel canto as opera’s favourite villain makes a comeback.

Baroque music is far from being "all the same", as some believe, says Sally Melhuish, who writes here about the new styles and genres in Spanish Baroque music.