Review: Street Scene (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University )
Kurt Weill’s wonderful score of Street Scene is given a fine musical interpretation but proves to be a challenging work for the opera students.
Kurt Weill’s wonderful score of Street Scene is given a fine musical interpretation but proves to be a challenging work for the opera students.
This new stage adaptation captures the big heart of Dalton's much-loved book and delivers it with inventive stagecraft and cinematic flair.
The QSO’s Queensland’s Finest program featured three of Queensland’s brightest young classical artists – a composer, a conductor and a pianist – in a high quality and joyous program.
Stepping into the void after a COVID cancellation, this quartet of Adelaide musicians delivered a very fine performance of 20th-century French chamber works.
A breezy, fun morning of sparkling orchestral favourites, which didn't always gel as a cohesive whole but which offered smooth sailing from QSO (and no jetlag).
This program of Bach's music is just the thing for an anxious world and is superbly performed by the ABO musicians and Jonas Zschenderlein, but the editing lets them down.
An attention to detail and a sophisticated handling of the entire spectrum of orchestral colours rendered this performance a triumph.
Luke Hewitt’s narration of his character’s growth from childhood to a battered but resolute middle age drives the show, with its list of brilliant things to fill your heart and mind.
Ian Sinclair's new play about humans and their pets moves between screwball comedy and increasingly surreal diatribes delivered by the feline protagonist.
Freeze Frame Opera’s Puccini double bill brilliantly reimagines Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in an absorbing, unforgettable, and occasionally shocking, evening of opera.
The "tour of a lifetime" is pared back to a superb digital live one-off for Paul Dean’s new masterwork.
An intimate chamber concert featuring percussion and the brass and wind ensembles of the QSO made for a delightful afternoon program of well-crafted music.
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra was particularly impressive with its splendid performance of Brahms' heroic Symphony No 1 under the baton of Maestro Asher Fisch.