Season highlights include a new collaboration with Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Australian premiere of Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes.

This bold, beautifully staged adaptation of an opera classic ditches the outdated bits so we can still enjoy Mozart’s glorious music.

Soprano Nicole Car dazzles in this thoughtfully programmed concert also featuring her baritone husband Étienne Dupuis.

Jessica Gethin is fast becoming one of Australia’s busiest conductors. She shares her mission to inspire others to be as curious about music as she is.

The free, Opera Australia-produced, BMW-sponsored event is ready to make a few opera converts among the crowd, says soprano Olivia Cranwell.

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone's performance was transformative, bringing new vigour to George Gershwin’s classic.

Recently appointed Artistic Advisor Jessica Gethin is keen to show audiences what Orchestra Victoria can do on stage as well as beneath it.

Cameron Lam ponders music that evokes a particular time or place across Classical, Jazz and Sound Art in this month’s playlist.

Ahead of Opera Australia’s Puccini Gala, conductor Daniel Smith and soprano Julie Lea Goodwin put the composer’s genius under the microscope.

Despite some fine performances, this new production of Puccini’s tragedy feels diminished in Margaret Court Arena.

The centenary of Puccini's death gives creatives the chance to reflect on what makes his operas so special and explore new ways to stage them.