In-concert operas are sometimes regarded as the poor relation of their fully staged cousins. But can less be more?

Gurrelieder was one of Schoenberg’s greatest public triumphs. We discuss the cantata with Simone Young, who's conducting the Sydney premiere.

The Sydney Symphony’s Chief Conductor gives a preview of the start of the Orchestra’s season, with two landmark events and one shining jewel.

Barrie Kosky brings his production of The Threepenny Opera to the Adelaide Festival. He talks about creating it with the Berliner Ensemble.

The Melbourne-born singer talks about preparing for her second Ring Cycle with Opera Australia, and the friends she’s made along the way.

On the eve of Opera Australia’s ‘Digital Ring ’, we examine Wagner’s timeless epic.

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.

As he prepares for Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming People’s Choice and Fidelio concerts, Concertmaster Andrew Haveron talks to us about exploring new territory in the world of opera.

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.

The piano leads the field with front runners Mitsuko Uchida and Leif Ove Andsnes, but first an auspicious start to a brand new Mahler cycle.

An eclectic month kicks off in Hollywood style with John Williams in Berlin, delivers a trio of early music gems, and ends with a ‘très jolie’ romp from the Opéra Comique.