Inside this issue
Benjamin Northey on the art of conducting and his new teaching role.
by Clive Paget
Will three senior appointments lead to better times at Opera Australia?
by Peter Tregear
OA’s new Music Director, Andrea Battistoni, discusses the challenges ahead.
by Jo Litson
Why production designer Marg Horwell is in such demand here and overseas.
by Deborah Jones
Raphaël Pichon tells us why Pygmalion isn’t just a period-instrument ensemble.
by Jansson J. Antmann
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- On Stage: the buzz around live performance
- Newsworthy: a round-up of our recent news reports
- Comings & Goings: the latest arts appointments and departures
- Dean Bryant, theatre director: interview by Jo Litson
- On the Record: new classical albums round-up by Clive Paget
- Cutting Edge: trans performance artist Kit Spencer by Shamistha de Soysa
- Tosca – Royal Ballet and Opera: review by Clive Paget
- I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms by Nancy Shear: book review by Will Yeoman
- Dead of Winter: film review by Jason Blake
- On Air & Online: radio and streaming concert highlights
- Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Time to Rise
- Playing Up: the flute by Ana de la Vega
- World Premiere: Ella Macens for Australian Haydn Ensemble
- Five Questions: Steven Kramer, Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical
- My Music: Michael Sterzinger, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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