Review: Gilgamesh (Sydney Chamber Opera, Opera Australia & Carriageworks)
A brilliant, challenging score by Jack Symonds sustains this boldly designed Ur-fable of bloodlust and redemption.
A brilliant, challenging score by Jack Symonds sustains this boldly designed Ur-fable of bloodlust and redemption.
A new collaboration between the Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA features the premiere of four operas written by Master’s students.
Sex, demigods and a three-headed beast, Gilgamesh has it all. Composer Jack Symonds talks about his new opera based on the Mesopotamian epic.
Jessica O'Donoghue, Andrée Greenwell and Katie Noonan are among this year's nominees, recognised for excellence in the music industry.
A wonderful package of bite-sized Australian works, and a long-awaited world premiere from an Australian legend.
For the ensemble's 40th anniversary, its new co-Directors offer four bold programs - and a monumental Australian centrepiece.
The Song Company pays homage to the enduring brilliance of the English composer William Byrd, 400 years after his death.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
Singers Amy Moore and Jessica O’Donoghue to serve as Co-Artistic Directors for the 2024 season, the company's 40th.
Inspired by a moving true story, a new opera illuminates different aspects of the never-ending human narrative of injustice, inequality and loss.
Andrée Greenwell discusses her new chamber opera, Three Marys, written with librettist Christine Evans.
The wrappers come off the premiere of a chamber opera and the latest from Hot Brown Honey in a program spotlighting the work of female artists.
From sacred music to intimate promises, three touring programs explore the astonishing breadth and diversity of vocal music, across Australia and around the world.