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Rusalka is a potent reminder that opera is a hybrid beast with real power to engage and sometimes overwhelm.

July 19, 2024
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In this adventurous concert exploring the experiences of Mary, mother of Christ, the singers give an expert performance, but the production values could be better.

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Review: Grazie In Grazia (Bach Akademie Australia)

Madeleine Easton’s recreation of Monteverdi’s thanksgiving for the end of the plague hits home with Sydney audiences.

November 17, 2022
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The Song Company’s Arms of Love is a revelation in musical programming, breaking all the rules of performing old music and arriving somewhere truly exhilarating.

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Review: A Ceremony of Carols: Britten and Gardiner (Sonus Angelorum, St. George’s Cathedral)

St. George’s Cathedral Concert Series gave its audience an early Christmas gift this year; the inaugural performance of Sonus Angelorum, a new professional upper voice female choir based at the cathedral.

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Review: The Marriage of Figaro (West Australian Opera)

Amidst this fast-paced, and at times mad reading of Mozart’s masterpiece, the opera ultimately triumphs, with Jeremy Kleeman particularly impressive as Figaro.

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The violinist and St George's Cathedral Consort were a brilliant programming match in this concert performed beneath a blue whale skeleton.

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WA's top operatic talent delighted the audience with a program of classics and favourites, though a broader mix of repertoire wouldn't have gone astray.

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Review: Solomon (St George’s Cathedral Consort)

The Queen of Sheba's long-awaited Perth arrival doesn't disappoint.

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