Composer Michel Van der Aa has created a unique "pop" album featuring the Aussie songstress.
March 19, 2020
It was all go as this year’s 60th anniversary festival got underway with a series of compelling, contentious, provocative and exciting productions.
March 4, 2020
An operatic adaptation of Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves, a trio of choreographic responses to Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, and choral settings of all 150 psalms are amongst the highlights.
October 29, 2019
Six Australian plays, five of them new, a Tony Award-winning musical and contemporary writing from overseas – all relevant to today, says AD Brett Sheehy.
September 3, 2019
When Natalie Abbott was told she’d been cast as Muriel Heslop in the musical, she couldn’t believe it. She tells us about making her professional debut in her dream role.
July 1, 2019
Impossible to pigeon-hole, the multi-talented artist offered an evening that mixed pop delight and cabaret intrigue.
June 24, 2019
The arts play a crucial role in questioning and shaping cultural norms and attitudes. In this time of tectonic social change, we need to reconsider what opera can be in the 21st century says Sally Blackwood.
May 30, 2019
New AD Julia Zemiro announces her first program featuring artists including Ute Lemper, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ruthie Henshall, David Campbell, iOTA and the RocKwiz team.
April 2, 2019
A star is born in this clever adaptation of a beloved Australian film.
March 25, 2019
The classically trained singer-songwriter, composer and indie pop star has been crowned the winner of Eurovision – Australia Decides for her song Zero Gravity.
February 11, 2019
Three new digital productions, William Kentridge’s Wozzeck, a new opera about Brett Whiteley, and singers including Jonas Kaufmann and Lise Lindstrom.
August 16, 2018
The musicals Muriel's Wedding and Beautiful, and Bangarra's Bennelong lead the charge at the Act I presentation.
July 15, 2018