Features
How will our arts organisations rebuild their post-pandemic audiences?
by Jansson J. Antmann, Paul Ballam-Cross, Steve Dow, Yvonne Frindle, Deborah Jones and Jo Litson
The family-friendly version of Massenet’s Cinderella arrives at Opera Australia.
by Alexandra Wilson
The watershed moment facing Australia’s arts sector.
by Samuel Cairnduff
In 1954, Shirley Beiger got away with murder. Relive her trial in a new play.
by Elissa Blake
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Soundings
Interview
Christine Anu is about to appear in her first musical since 2016, playing Hermes in the Australian premiere of Hadestown. She tells us why it feels like the right musical at the right time.
by Elissa Blake
On the record
Essential holiday listening includes a Britten rarity, stunning recordings of Elgar and Tippett, a pair of oddball operas, and three outstanding discs of orchestral music by women.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Simon Rogers, Artistic Identity Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, talks to us about this year’s series of concerts centring non-traditional music.
by Maddy Briggs
Theatre
After her cracking production of The Mousetrap, Robyn Nevin is directing And Then There Were None. She tells us why she agreed to stage another Agatha Christie play.
by Jo Litson
Classical Music
Ahead of an Australian tour with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Hans Graf tells us why he puts his distinguished career down to luck.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Books
★★★½ A ripping yarn about musical women afloat in Vivaldi’s Venice.
by Diana Simmonds
Film
★★★½ It’s difficult not to be swayed by Pablo Larraín’s adoration and Angelina Jolie’s star power, even if the film reveals little new about Maria Callas.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Travel is nowhere near as relaxing as it’s made out to be, argues Guy Noble. So, he has a novel solution – just send him your photograph.
Playing Up
While the rest of the world spent lockdown baking sourdough bread, Laura Vaughan took up the extremely rare baryton. She tells us why.
World Premiere
Carl Vine discusses his latest work for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, in which he explores musical ideas one would least expect at a traditional symphonic concert.
5 Questions For
The award-winning British-Australian organist tells us about the music of French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, which he is about to record in Luxembourg.
My Music
The Artistic Director of Perth Festival explains how the “wonderful, hot mess of music” in her life, from when she was young, has influenced her programming.
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