Features
The history of Dvořák’s opera Rusalka and its new Australian production.
by Jansson J. Antmann
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Interview
In 2018, Ryan González played Usnavi in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. Ahead of a return season, the in-demand performer talks about finding their place in the spotlight.
by Deborah Jones
Recordings
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra launches new label, thrilling recitals from the Cliburn winner and Piers Lane, plus Rattle’s Spring Symphony and a new Ring on DVD.
by Clive Paget
New Music
Marshall McGuire, Director of Programming at Melbourne Recital Centre, discusses its daring new music series.
by Jo Litson
Classical Music
With the beloved Paris landmark set to reopen in December, Olivier Latry recalls the inferno that nearly claimed the cathedral’s magnificent organ.
by Shamistha de Soysa
World Music
Ahead of performances in Melbourne and Sydney, legendary tabla player Zakir Hussain talks about his musical lineage and the seminal moments of his career.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Musical Theatre
Norah Bagiri and Ribina Kimiia talk about Straight from the Strait, the new musical they have co-written about an extraordinary world record created in 1968.
by Steve Dow
Opera
The Hayes Theatre Co is about to stage its first opera. Producer/director Craig Baldwin tells us why he chose Britten’s The Turn of the Screw.
by Jo Litson
Books
★★★½ This theatrical novel is a rich and ambitious debut for Pike, whose earlier critique of Zelda Fitzgerald was shortlisted for the AUHE Prize.
by Diana Simmonds
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Have you ever wondered what to do with a book that doesn’t deliver? Guy Noble has the answer.
Playing Up
French virtuoso Xavier de Maistre discusses his “sensual” instrument and commissioning music.
World Premiere
Encouraged by the response to his ‘cat studies’ at last year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Stephen Johnson turned his hand to programmatic writing. The result is a quintet inspired by the most haunting ghost stories ever told.
5 Questions For
The Grammy Award-winning violinist shares his thoughts on touring with pianist Polina Osetinskaya and his trusty “ex-Kreutzer” Stradivarius.
My Music
One of Australia’s most popular leading ladies tells us about finding her musical theatre “tribe” and returning to the BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts.
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