★★★★☆ Good ideas, good voices and great conducting help a rum old story. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

At only 30, the soprano is fast becoming an in-demand operatic globetrotter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A spirited cast make this intriguing portrayal of the bohemian classic well worth seeing.

He’s not fond of Florence Foster Jenkins, but this baritone would have loved to have sung with Mario Del Monaco. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Fresh from the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Programme, the young director will assist Neil Armfield on 2016’s Ring revival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Chinese take on Puccini sets off all the right crackers (with Prime Ministerial approval).

Lyric soprano Nicole Car has been tipped by Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini as the next big thing in opera, as confirmed by her recent triumphs at Covent Garden. “She has the genuine, real potential to be the most important Australian opera singer since Joan Sutherland,” he says. Terracini may have a vested interest, but if they haven’t already seen her, Sydney and Melbourne operagoers will get a chance to gauge what all the fuss is about when she stars in two Opera Australia productions this year: first in the title role of Verdi’s Luisa Miller and then as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte. They can also get an idea from this, her first solo studio recording, which is excellently produced by the ABC Classics team. The 30 year-old from Essendon, Melbourne, built her reputation with roles like Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2014. Then last year she made a triumphant Royal Opera House debut in Onegin and as Micäela in Bizet’s Carmen (arias from both are featured on The Kiss). Car has a versatile voice – she started studying jazz singing before turning to orchestral – and… Continue reading…

Surprise successes and predictable victories characterise this year’s awards, announced this evening in Melbourne. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A former Italian stuntman is set to turn heads as the tenor of the moment on Sydney Harbour. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

None shall sleep on Sydney harbour as Potra brings a bit of Chinese spice to bear on Puccini’s classic love story. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Opera Australia will offer 200 tickets for just 200 cents.

The Slovakian tenor explains why he hates accordions, why Mozart is like a pit stop and why Pearlfishers isn’t Brokeback Mountain. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in