Designer Dan Potra’s $12 million design for Opera Australia’s annual harbour production begins construction. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

There’s still plenty of life left in Julie Taymor’s tried and tested production of Mozart’s Masonic masterpiece. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Opera Australia begins its television experiment this evening, but is The Divorce a worthy ambassador for the art form? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

We meet the writer, composer and stars of Australia's first ever TV 'Soap' Opera.

An exclusive behind the scenes look at Australia’s first ever TV ‘Soap’ Opera, The Divorce. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

My Fair Lady’s first Eliza tells Australia why she’s recreating the show 60 years on. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Craig Hassall has refuted claims that OA is selling its Melbourne Opera Centre to ease financial pressures. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The 60 metre-long dragon will encircle a 16-metre high pagoda for next year’s production of Turandot. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Caroline O’Connor carries the ship, but too much is lost overboard. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

It may not be Christmas just yet, but presents are definitely in the air. No, it’s not Christmas just yet, but while most of us are to be found hunkering down against the winter blasts, presents are definitely in the air. Yes, it’s the time of year when PRs lose what little hair they have left and arts companies across Australia are to be found frantically wrapping up their next year’s seasons before gifting them to a culture-hungry public. And although noticeably fewer organisations this year are launching with a champagne-popping, canapé guzzling media bash (a sign of small annual surpluses and cash-strapped, Brandis-threatened times), there’s still plenty of optimism in the air. Last week saw the Sydney Symphony Orchestra first out of the traps waving Lang Lang, Ashkenazy’s Beethoven and a concert version of Porgy and Bess under our noses. In a nicely curated programme their was a strong sense of commitment to new music and the announcement of Brett Dean as Artist in Residence was the icing on the cake. This week the Queensland Symphony Orchestra are dangling not just Lang Lang in front of us but a second helping of Maxim Vengerov, as well as an impressive line up……

With nine new productions, three contemporary Aussie works, a Ring Cycle and Dame Julie – what’s not to like? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

McVicar brews up an excellently cast comic cauldron of sex and social politics.