Max Richter and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble delivered precisely what’s on the tin and then some.

Glamour, passion, gunfire and chorales make for a heady mix from Latvia’s talented Balanas Sisters.

The little company that could presents opera’s longest work in a vast space that proves surprisingly perfect.

You won’t see a more agile 90 minutes of solo acting this year – or an indie production more deserving of a return season.

Playing the recently installed organ at St James' Sydney, Joseph Nolan makes light work of some challenging material.

The interrogation of US national security translator Reality Winner transformed into a perfect work of theatre for this age of uncertainty.

This contemporary retelling of the doomed love story of Orpheus and Eurydice, combined with another Greek myth, makes for a surprising, thrilling musical.

The spell cast by Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño in this Handel-heavy program can only be broken with thunderous applause.

What starts as a petty arrest spirals into something much bigger in this story based on a famous Victorian scandal.

New Fab Four Australian Guitar Quartet launches with a spectacular lift-off.

The Singapore Symphony slings a dazzling – and true-blue – Down Under debut.

Who better to open a new venue than this brilliant all-round entertainer, who has his audience in stitches and close to tears.