Review: The Gilt-Edged Kid/The Dictator (IOpera)
One-act political satires by George Dreyfus and Ernst Krenek delivered in thrilling style with every detail of tone and colour writ large.
One-act political satires by George Dreyfus and Ernst Krenek delivered in thrilling style with every detail of tone and colour writ large.
A rapturous program cements our youngest orchestra’s place among Australia's finest.
Australian Baroque apply formidable technical prowess, knowledge and sensitivity to works by a composer at the height of his powers.
At this level of musicianship, reports Phil Scott, comparisons may be odious, but they’re also fascinating.
This energetic telling of the story of a trail-blazing mechanic and entrepreneur isn't firing on all cylinders.
Playwright Erica J. Brennan puts a provocative and bloody spin on a folk tale trope.
Virtuosity is a given, writes Phil Scott. Winners will be judged on their choices, personal presence and relationship with the orchestra.
Full of heart and emotional complexity, Forgetting Tim Minchin doesn't leave a dry eye in the house.
A celebration of music both Great and British, Fish, Chips & Warm Beer was brilliantly played and passionately delivered.
This arresting new production of Caryl Churchill’s Far Away makes its dystopian vision seems more prophetic than ever.
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.