Melbourne’s opera year begins with an impressive second instalment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

Sarah Goodes directs this intimate new play about three generations of women.

A joyous program of classic Chinese repertoire, capped off with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.

Festive five-day treat was just what the doctor ordered.

Triumph plucked from adversity in a concert fit for a Mayor.

The MSO ushers in the Year of the Tiger with a roar, in a joyous concert.

Six not-so-easy pieces from three revolutionaries who died last year.

Festival organisers defy the gods and strike up the band, with a wonderful opening concert.

Nathan Maynard's brilliant, spring-loaded script is so ready to be told, asking provocative questions about blood and belonging, truth and identity.

James Crabb and the ACO give us the smell of steamy tangos on a hot February night

Returning to the stage for the first time in two years, the singing icon shows he has lost nothing vocally and shares more about his life than ever before.

Tom Stoppard's latest (and possibly last) play, screening in Australian cinemas from 5 February, may not be his greatest but it may be his most valuable.