Review: The Rape of Lucretia (VO & TSO for Dark Mofo)
Gender-swap aside, this is an important, deeply moving opera at a time when we need to continue these conversations.
June 18, 2018
Review: The Howling Girls (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Damien Ricketson and Adena Jacobs' The Howling Girls is an immersive, dream-like exploration of trauma and voice.
March 29, 2018
The Howling Girls: staging an opera without words
Director Adena Jacobs talks about her latest project for Sydney Chamber Opera and the haunting story of trauma from which it grew.
March 27, 2018
Review: The Rape of Lucretia (Sydney Chamber Opera, Victorian Opera)
Anna Dowsley stuns as Lucretia in Kip Williams' deconstructed Britten.
August 20, 2017
Review: Cunning Little Vixen (Victorian Opera)
A cunning and colourful response to Janáček’s extraordinary score.
June 23, 2017
Review: Notes from Underground (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Jack Symonds’ smart score renders Dostoyevsky intelligible for the 21st century.
August 14, 2016
A Passion for the Mythic
Sydney Chamber Opera AD Jack Symonds explores Pascal Dusapin's total fusion of past and present.
December 29, 2015
Review: An Index of Metals (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Romitelli's drowning girl gets thrown a welcome dramatic lifeline.
November 16, 2015
Review: Australia Piano Quartet (Sydney Opera House)
Likeable young ensemble on track to raise the piano quartet stakes.
August 2, 2014