Singing arias by Mozart, Cilea, Puccini and Massenet, Melbourne soprano Rebecca Gulinello wins the prestigious award and a $30,000 prize.

In Ashleigh Wilson's new book, Transcendence, 50 artists share 50 memories across 50 years at the Sydney Opera House.

Handel’s tree-hugging despot enjoys a lively new outing, the Philly aces Rachmaninov, Christian Li explores Mendelssohn, and Offenbach’s Peruvian soufflé fizzes with fun.

Tuck rounds off her entertaining and illuminating Czerny series in style.

The star soprano is about to play all four heroines in Opera Australia's The Tales of Hoffmann. She discusses the formidable challenge ahead.

Rosemary Tuck and Richard Bonynge discuss the fifth and final disc of Czerny’s music, ending the series with two world premiere recordings.

Mezzo-soprano Fleuranne Brockway has received the $30,000 Bel Canto Award, alongside other prizes. The winner of the Sydney International Song Prize was announced at the same event.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

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.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

What have our opera and dance companies programmed this year?

The great Australian maestro lends support to a season of bittersweet masterpieces.