A community collaboration that dissolves the boundaries between cultures and creates a wondrous new musical performance.

Lacking nuance and originality, Jailbaby’s depictions of violence seem gratuitous, its characters insufficiently complex.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir reconnects Jalaluddin Rumi's 13th century poems to the divine.

Brilliant showman Ray Chen is back with a new Strad for a spectacular double homecoming.

A frustrating chimera of a lecture-performance hybrid buoyed by Aura Go’s Chopin.

Jessica Pratt and Iván Ayón Rivas head a superb cast in Damiano Michieletto’s thrilling production of Offenbach’s last, greatest opera.

Under Nigel Westlake, the country’s top young players give the composer’s brilliant song cycle the orchestral premiere it deserves.

A genuinely electrifying return to Hamer Hall for Zaachariaha Fielding, Michael Ross and the MSO.

Spellbinding performances from Sjaella and The Australian Voices crown an evening of vocal artistry of the highest calibre.

Despite the energy of the cast and the inventive staging, this sung-through musical doesn’t entirely hit the heart.

Germany's Sjaella delivered a memorable Australian debut in a ravishing program that made the most of its cathedral setting.

Germany's Trio Orelon and Melbourne's Affinity Quartet top a terrific week of music making, reports Peter Tregear from MICMC 2023.