John Adams’s Nixon Tapes are on the bill at Vivid Sydney 2017
Opera Australia performs at Vivid Live for the first time with a concert featuring music by Adams, Dessner and Greenwood.
March 14, 2017
Christa Ludwig raises an eyebrow at Netrebko and overhype
In a wide-ranging 89th birthday interview the great mezzo speaks frankly about career and colleagues.
March 14, 2017
Ermonela Jaho lets slip a royal visit from the Tudor Queens
Opera Australia admits to early discussions to bring the Albanian soprano back to Australia for Donizetti’s trilogy.
March 13, 2017
Kaufmann to limit future engagements outside of Europe
The tenor cites a desire to stay close to his family in refusing any future new productions requiring extensive rehearsal.
March 10, 2017
Alan Jones launches Sony’s new Aussie label with WWI tribute
Sony Australia has chosen the Sydney radio host to feature on the inaugural album for its new Masterworks label.
March 10, 2017
Nicholas Carter has ASO contract extended (and a new job)
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's chief will also head Austria's Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.
March 10, 2017
Sydney Dance Company’s latest work conquers the U.S.
Despite freezing temperatures, Bonachela's East Coast tour has audiences on their feet (as well as on their toes).
March 9, 2017
Abandoned Liszt opera to be given world premiere
The forgotten Italian opera has been carefully restored by Cambridge academic Dr David Trippett over two years.
March 8, 2017
Alberto Zedda has died
Conductor, musicologist, and a leading Rossini expert, who ran the Pesaro Opera Festival, has passed away at 89.
March 7, 2017
Puccini finds a home on a construction site
A tradie has been breaking into operatic song on a worksite in Sydney.
March 7, 2017
Stephen Page and Lyn Williams win Australia Council Awards
The Artistic Directors of Bangarra Dance Theatre and Gondwana Choirs honoured in the 2017 Awards.
March 7, 2017
Kurt Moll has died
The sepulchral German bass, a go-to for Kleiber and Karajan, has passed away aged 78.
March 6, 2017
ABC Classic FM to celebrate women with 24-hour female line-up
The radio station will celebrate International Women’s Day with a run of female presenters and composers.
March 5, 2017