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Opera
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Opera Australia postpones new Tales of Hoffmann

Damiano Michieletto's new Tales of Hoffmann for Opera Australia is to be postponed to a future season due to the NSW Government’s extended stay-at-home orders in Sydney.

July 12, 2021
Opera
news

Opera Australia performers in self-isolation due to positive COVID test at SOH

Musicians and singers, who were rehearsing OA’s Otello, are now in self-isolation after a construction worker at Sydney Opera House tested positive for COVID-19.

July 8, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Infected with gloom

Guy Noble owns up to a bad case of PCSD–Post-COVID Stress Disorder – manifested in unusual bouts of negativity, foreboding and absent-mindedness.

June 28, 2021
Theatre
news

Sydney Theatre Company posts a deficit for 2020

Sydney Theatre Company suffered a $17.8 million slump in its operating revenue for 2020, but ended up with a $4 million net deficit thanks to grants and philanthropy.

June 18, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music, Orchestral
features

William Barton’s new lullaby for QSO

Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton discusses his world premiere for Queensland Symphony Orchestra and his performances at Illuminate Adelaide and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

June 17, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Joe Twist on his new choral work An Australian Song Cycle

As Sydney Chamber Choir premieres his new song cycle, Joe Twist discusses his musical inspirations, and working between Hollywood and Australia on animations to the concert hall.

June 14, 2021
Opera
features

Opera Column: Opera rises like a phoenix from viral ashes

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

June 2, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Tasmanian String Quartet (Musica Viva Tasmania)

The Tasmanian String Quartet emerged because of the impact of COVID-19 on music in Tasmania, and is proving to be an impressive chamber ensemble.

June 1, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

SSO and MSO post big profits for 2020

The Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras have both posted healthy surpluses for 2020 despite the considerable challenges faced due to COVID-19 restrictions.

May 28, 2021
Opera
features

In the Limelight: Opera rises like a phoenix from viral ashes

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

May 24, 2021
Classical Music, Theatre, Visual Art
news

The UK holds its breath as the arts open up to live performance

Britain welcomes back art lovers, but the roadmap to normality looks increasingly uncertain.

May 19, 2021
Classical Music, Dance, Theatre
news

The State of the Arts in the 2021-22 Federal Budget

Steve Dow looks at what the 2021-22 Federal Budget has in store for the arts industry after the horror year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 12, 2021
Classical Music, Theatre, Visual Art
features

Fletcher’s “significant re-imagining of the Commonwealth’s approach to the arts” falls short

In a recent speech the Arts Minister noted the value of the arts sector to the Australian identity, economy and people, but failed to acknowledge the steady decline in available arts funding relative to population growth over the last decade, writes Leya Reid.

April 29, 2021

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