"Employ more women," says Opera Australia CEO Fiona Allan, one of six women, including Simone Young and Deborah Cheetham, interviewed in a new documentary by Miriam Gordon-Stewart.
Guy Noble raises an eyebrow at the Sydney Opera House’s “spittle-catchers”. On another note, he is proud to be staging a fundraiser in memory of much-loved soprano Taryn Fiebig.
The director of Opera Australia’s Carmen on Cockatoo Island discusses staging an opera on the industrial site.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
His recording of Schubert's Ave Maria was used on the crime drama Hidden Assets. Now the Canberra-born rising star has released his first classical album, Primero. He's also recorded a version of Lady Gaga's Shallow.
Lyndon Terracini has decided to leave his role as Artistic Director of OA at the end of October, rather than the end of 2023, to make way for his successor and focus on his own future.
The young baritone takes home the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship, an opportunity to audition for the Lyric Opera in Chicago, and the inaugural Nicole Car Prize.
Rod Sims, former Chair of the ACCC and passionate opera lover, discusses "moving the dial" at OA by increasing the number of Australian singers, doing more in Melbourne and becoming a truly national company.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Lyndon Terracini's final season includes The Tales of Hoffmann with Jessica Pratt, Adriana Lecouvreur with Ermonela Jaho, and concert versions of La Gioconda with Jonas Kaufmann in Sydney and Philip Glass's Satyagraha in Melbourne.
It feels fitting The Phantom of the Opera should haunt the Sydney Opera House – and this new version of the iconic musical has plenty of thrills.
It’s hard enough for an opera company to survive without government funding, but staging Wagner’s Ring Cycle is something else. We trace the history of Melbourne Opera, which is presenting Australia’s first regional Ring Cycle in Bendigo.
