The company’s outdoor offering for 2023 is its boldest move yet, a well-judged production of Bizet’s Carmen at the WACA stadium.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra launches its season with a powerful if sonically patchy showcase featuring Siobhan Stagg and a new work by Mary Finsterer.

Powerful hints of mortality in an Omega Ensemble programme that ranges across time and country and those who have gone before us.

Featuring cellist Elinor Frey, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Spanish Steps is a fascinating lesson in un-learning for an ensemble of expert players.

For students studying The Crucible at any level, this recording of Lyndsey Turner's London production is an excellent resource.

Equations of a Falling Body is a fine addition to Laura Boynes’ evolving oeuvre and a promise of further gems to come.

Two terrific central performances in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes lift a production that mostly struggles to find its rhythm.

The internationally renowned soprano Siobhan Stagg returns home in triumph with a program of evocative art songs.

Director Rosetta Cucchi’s striking conception and a surprise role debut made Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur an unmissable theatrical event.

Australian Haydn Ensemble tracks the art of the fugue – from Bach to Haydn and beyond.

Guitar diva Karin Schaupp and four old friends bring us some old favourites and a stunning new Carl Vine work.

CAMP is a window on to a world many of its younger audience would find hard to recognise let alone accept.