In this month's features we talk to Barrie Kosky about The Golden Cockerel, run an extract by Leigh Sales from the book Well Hello, explore the role of music reviewers today, and examine the pleasures and perils of writing music for the screen.

Thirty-six years after founding Adelaide Chamber Singers, Carl Crossin is to step down as Artistic Director and Conductor at the end of the year and will be replaced by Christie Anderson – but retirement isn't part of his plan.

In 2022, Queensland’s chamber orchestra adds a fourth mainstage concert to its season, and welcomes Lior as its guest for an additional performance at HOTA, Home of the Arts.

The great Dutch conductor and prolific recording artist has passed at 92.

In 2022, Australia’s oldest professional ballet company, West Australian Ballet, will celebrate its 70th anniversary and tenth season under the artistic directorship of Aurélien Scannella.

Janine Collins has been appointed as the inaugural Executive Director of Music in the Regions, a new initiative to connect classical musicians with audiences in regional NSW.

The rescheduled lineup will run over a huge weekend in December, signalling the return of live music to the city’s long-empty stages.

A brand new musical and the return of plays thwarted by COVID, not to mention a new home, make for a season of love and reunion for Bell Shakespeare.

With international borders still closed, the festival is celebrating the diversity of the local scene in its tenth year.

Six world premieres and a tour of regional NSW feature in a season that combines brand new programs with shows postponed from 2021.

Queensland's La Boite Theatre launches its 97th season of eclectic theatre with an adaptation of a classic, two contemporary stories, one of which is brand new, and a musical.

An accidental head injury fells the great Slovak coloratura, whose career spanned more than 50 years.