Review: Baleen Moondjan (Adelaide Festival)
Making the most of a spectacular setting, Stephen Page’s first work since leaving Bangarra is surprisingly intimate given its grand scale.
Making the most of a spectacular setting, Stephen Page’s first work since leaving Bangarra is surprisingly intimate given its grand scale.
Rustic humour gets caught up in existential anxiety in this two-hander loaded with talent.
Presented in Australia for the first time, Robert Lepage’s puppetry-based staging of Stravinsky’s short works is as brilliant as ever.
A marvel of stagecraft, Mario Banushi’s semi-autobiographical meditation on grief is as poetic as it is horrific.
Mozart, Dvořák and a world premiere. This ambitious concert was a warm welcome to the MCO’s 2024 concert season.
Anne Cawrse and Kate Llewellyn’s song cycle is a transcendent work, its world premiere hopefully the first of many more performances to come.
Chloé Charody strives to find new and innovative ways to draw attention to the destruction that immigration detention centres do.
A Mahler gala and a new work for French star violinist Renaud Capuçon as the SSO sets sail again.
Proclaiming “no allegiance to either end of the historical spectrum,” Brooklyn Rider's post-genre approach found an appreciative Melbourne audience.
A powerful and moving marriage of music and words pays eloquent tribute to a spiritual and architectural icon.
All up, with intervals, The Lewis Trilogy runs about seven hours. But don't let that put you off. As marathons go, it’s a benign one.
Latitude 37 and a bespoke string sextet make for a concert filled with hope, promise and transfiguration.
Strong community feeling and superb musicianship as Year of the Dragon celebrations continue.