Australian soprano Ali McGregor has formed a company to create concepts for new operas – one of which, The Call, will premiere at Opera Queensland, with McGregor starring. She explains how and why The Call came about.
July 25, 2022
After a one-year hiatus, the Gold Coast's flagship arts festival was launched last night with a specially commissioned world premiere.
July 1, 2022
International acts return for the first time in two years, alongside 20 world premieres, with more than half of the 500-odd performances offered free of charge.
May 31, 2022
The Women's Club will again play host to emerging female musicians from the Sydney Conservatorium, showcasing Australian artists.
May 11, 2022
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
April 26, 2022
The founder and Chair of the Hush Foundation tells us about the benefits of music, and Hush’s latest album.
April 26, 2022
In an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, Cat-Thao Nguyen said she left OA's Turandot after Act 1 feeling "utterly sick" at the racism. We look at the complex issue.
March 4, 2022
The MTC returns with a beautiful, surprisingly subtle take on Shakespeare’s comedy.
November 19, 2021
OQ's 2022 season features two newly commissioned works, a classic, a regional tour and the return of the Studio Series and the Festival of Outback Opera, with a strong focus on women.
November 15, 2021
Opera Queensland’s Eastern Promises recital for soprano and piano, performed by Alexandra Flood and Alex Raineri, offered an ambitious program of art song.
September 20, 2021
On the streets of suburban Brisbane this month, audiences will see ballet performances and classes, be enrapt in chamber music and listen to an array of sopranos as part of Brisbane Festival.
September 6, 2021
Virginia Gay brings us a new gender-flipped Cyrano de Bergerac on a program with three new Australian works, two Australian premieres and the postponed As You Like It.
March 17, 2021