★★★★☆ Israeli quartet offers up staple fare, but perfectly served. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

★★★½☆ Snapshots from Beethoven’s career, dispatched with refinement and sensitivity. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

★★★★½ Some cool Sibelius and blazing Beethoven with a rousing Finnish. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Maverick Malcolm’s first opera finally premieres in Australia.

★★★½☆ Immersive Indigenous installations enthrall, though rain affects play.

★★★½☆ Kip Williams’ Dream leans more to tragedy than mirth in his first production as Interim Artistic Director.

★★★★☆ Pianist Alexei Volodin gives Brahms’ Second a commanding performance.

Beresford gives Britten’s comic opera cinematic elegance and slick sophistication.

★★★★½ A fast-paced romp in the spirit of Shakespeare, if not always to the letter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Lindy Hume’s reimagining of the Grimm fairy tale puts the Queen in the spotlight.

★★★★½ Neumeier’s endlessly absorbing dance-drama worships the god of dance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Julie Andrews channels her inner George Bernard in a Shavian Lerner and Loewe.