Review: Tosca (Palace Opera & Ballet)
The casting of Anna Netrebko was always going to be controversial. So, was it all worth it in the end?
October 9, 2025
Palace Opera & Ballet announces 2026 season
Some great productions and big names but top of anyone’s must-see list should be the third instalment of Barrie Kosky’s intensely theatrical Royal Opera House Ring Cycle.
August 7, 2025
Il Tenore
British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso is the real deal. He talks to Jo Litson ahead of his Australian debut.
July 22, 2024
Review: Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky: Mavra/Iolanta (Bayerisches Staatsorchester)
Mavra and Iolanta, cunningly interwoven? Ranisch almost pulls it off.
February 28, 2023
Cooking up an album
Silvia Colloca chats about her debut album for Decca Australia, Sing like an Italian.
November 21, 2022
On the Record: August 2022
Shostakovich’s jazzy side leads the field, with ear-ravishing Ravel, Carl Vine’s piano sonatas and Matthias Goerne’s collaboration with Daniil Trifonov in hot pursuit.
July 25, 2022
Review: Il Tenore (Freddie De Tommaso, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni)
Freddie De Tommaso stakes claim as “The Tenor” of his generation.
June 23, 2022
Review: Passione (Freddie De Tommaso)
A Tunbridge Wells tenor’s debut disc proves the real Italian deal.
July 13, 2021