Features
Benjamin Northey on the art of conducting and his new teaching role.
by Clive Paget
Will three senior appointments lead to better times at Opera Australia?
by Peter Tregear
OA’s new Music Director, Andrea Battistoni, discusses the challenges ahead.
by Jo Litson
Why production designer Marg Horwell is in such demand here and overseas.
by Deborah Jones
Raphaël Pichon tells us why Pygmalion isn’t just a period-instrument ensemble.
by Jansson J. Antmann
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Soundings
Interview
Dean Bryant talks about becoming the new Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and directing Eddie Perfect’s latest musical for WAAPA.
by Jo Litson
On the Record
A major rediscovery, Simon Rattle’s take on a concert staple, a probing Well-Tempered Clavier and, remarkably for the first time, the complete My Fair Lady.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Discover how trans performance artist Kit Spencer is lending a modern-day voice to the castrati of old.
by Shamistha de Soysa
Opera
★★★★ Regardless of your stance on Anna Netrebko, Oliver Mears’ wartime staging is a winner.
by Clive Paget
Books
★★★★½ Nancy Shear’s life with Stokowski & Rostropovich makes a fascinating memoir and much, much more.
by Will Yeoman
Film
★★★½ It may not reshape the action-thriller tropes, but it’s smartly shot and gives Emma Thompson a role to relish.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Conducting a combined schools orchestra and choir, Guy Noble can’t help but admire those patiently raising the next generation of musicians.
Playing Up
Ana de la Vega tells us how she went from competitive showjumping to a best-selling flautist and the inaugural Artistic Director of Canberra’s Snow Concert Hall.
World Premiere
Ella Macens explains how her new work for the Australian Haydn Ensemble shines a light on one of classical music’s most enduring romantic mysteries.
5 Questions For
A musical about an iconic racehorse, staged without a puppet in sight? The creative jockey, who wrote the music, book and lyrics, tells us about Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical.
My Music
Leading an organisation of 130 people, the CEO of Queensland Symphony Orchestra says he still finds time to play the tuba.
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