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Opera
Live Review

Review: Il trovatore (West Australian Opera)

Even if the plot is dubious, it’s all about the music and the voices. And oh, what voices.

October 20, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: La Mer (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Wagner and Debussy made shipshape and a major new contribution to Australia’s choral and symphonic repertoire from Paul Stanhope.

August 31, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Bruch’s Violin Concerto (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma and WASO deliver a concert worth sending to the memory bank.

August 16, 2025
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Top Brass: WASO hires new Principal Trumpet

Jenna Smith's appointment to a critical orchestral role blows a hole in the brass ceiling.

April 7, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Daniil Trifonov Performs Rachmaninov (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Piano superstar Daniil Trifonov Rachs up another stunning display with the on point Sydney Symphony.

March 30, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: ANAM Orchestra Gala Concert with Asher Fisch (Australian National Academy of Music)

Under the graceful command of Asher Fisch, Australia's next generation of orchestral players showed their stuff

March 24, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Die Fledermaus (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Johann Strauss II’s New Year’s Eve staple Die Fledermaus proves perfect for the batty times we live in.

March 17, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Beethoven’s Fifth (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

We now have a new option for the 'O' in WASO, as Asher Fisch and Alexander Gavrylyuk take their audience to new heights.

March 8, 2025
Classical Music, News
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Conductor Christopher Dragon gets Pops podium

The Perth-born conductor has been named the new music director of Philadelphia’s No Name Pops.

March 7, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Brahms’ Triumph (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

WASO ends its 2024 classical concert season on a towering high.

December 1, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

West Australian Symphony Orchestra 2025: A New World

With the Perth Concert Hall closed for renovations, WASO disperses its music music around the city.

November 28, 2024
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West Australian Opera in 2025

Puccini, Verdi, Gilbert & Sullivan and a "secret" production slated for WA Opera's 2025 Season.

November 12, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
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ANAM announces 2025 program

ANAM 'tunes in' to classical and modern gems in its 2025 season, featuring a string of acclaimed Australian and international guests.

October 23, 2024

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