AFCM continues to deliver the goods in an entertaining program of diverse music performed at the highest level.

A compelling new Rienzi finds contemporary resonance without sacrificing the grandeur of Wagner's early vision.

Reg Livermore's 1970s passion project gets a fresh charge in this deft Vic Opera revival.

Superb musicianship transforms an evening of introspective masterpieces into one of the festival's defining concerts.

Smaller in scale than Stephanie Lake's recent works but VISTA is nothing less than electrifying.

Ancient hymns and contemporary masterworks combine in a spellbinding concert of rare emotional power.

AFCM's opening concert celebrates Cairns-Gimuy with spirited classics and an evocative world premiere.

QSO misses the high score in this celebration of video-game music.

From antiquity to the present day, Imara Savage’s production underlines the intrinsic link between theatre and ritual.

The greatest strength of Jane Harrison's new play lies in its refusal to simplify its central figure.

A modestly produced but finely acted Australian premiere finds humour, hope and heartbreak in a royal visit to a Canadian AIDS hospice.

Making her title role debut, Emma Pearson invites us to the Silver Age of Viennese operetta, and the entire company comes to the party.